Changing line spacing in variablelists

Dear friends,

 

I want to remove all line spacing for list items in the PDF output of a Docbook 4.5 document, using Saxon6.5.5 and Apache FOP.  I've been able to do this successfully, except for one line in variablelists.  The spacing between the term and listitem in a variablelist remains.  I have made a number of attempts in my custom stylesheet, but no luck.  

 

For example, one part of my source document looks like this:

 

<varlistentry>

    <term><parameter moreinfo="none">modbus</parameter></term>

    <listitem>

    <para>The modbus instance pointer. Always enter <literal

        moreinfo="none">modbus</literal> for this

        parameter</para>

    </listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

    <term><parameter moreinfo="none">slaveid</parameter></term>

    <listitem>

    <para>The slave ID for this point. An entry of zero (<literal

       moreinfo="none">0</literal>) will use the default slave

       ID for the Modbus connection.</para>

    </listitem>

</varlistentry>

...

 

My custom stylesheet currently contains this:

 

    <xsl:attribute-set name="list.item.spacing">

        <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-after.minimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-after.maximum">0em</xsl:attribute>

    </xsl:attribute-set> 

 

    <xsl:attribute-set name="list.block.spacing">

        <xsl:attribute name="padding-top">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="padding-bottom">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-after.optimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-after.minimum">0em</xsl:attribute>

        <xsl:attribute name="space-after.maximum">0em</xsl:attribute>

    </xsl:attribute-set> 

 

    <xsl:template match="d:varlistentry" mode="vl.as.blocks">

        <xsl:variable name="id">

            <xsl:call-template name="object.id"/>

        </xsl:variable>

        

        <fo:block id="{$id}" xsl:use-attribute-sets="variablelist.term.properties

            list.item.spacing"  

            keep-together.within-column="always" 

            keep-with-next.within-column="always"

            space-after.minimum="0pt"

            space-after.maximum="0pt"

            space-after.optimum="0pt"

            space-after.precedence="3"

            padding-top="0pt"

            padding-bottom="0pt"

            >    

            <xsl:apply-templates select="d:term"/>

        </fo:block>

        

        <fo:block

            space-before.minimum="0pt"

            space-before.maximum="0pt"

            space-before.optimum="0pt"

            space-before.precedence="3"

            padding-top="0pt"

            padding-bottom="0pt"

            >

            <xsl:attribute name="margin-{$direction.align.start}">0.25in</xsl:attribute>

            <xsl:apply-templates select="d:listitem"/>

        </fo:block>

    </xsl:template>  

 

My output is in the attached screenshot, VariableListSpacing.jpg.  As you can see, all of the line spacing is removed, except for the area between the term and the listitem.  Can anyone help with this?

 

Best regards,

 

Bob

 

 

Bob McIlvride    Communications Manager

Cogent Real-Time Systems Inc., a Skkynet company

T   1 905 702 7851 ext 103

cogent.ca

 

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