Re: [docbook-apps] RE: [docbook] Breaking tables across pages, repeating header row

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Yes, thead should be enough.  What tools are you using to process the 
document?

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

On 2/4/2016 7:23 AM, Emery, Norma (HGR) wrote:
> Peter,
>
> Thanks for responding. Yes, the problem is with PDF. I was surprised,
> too. I thought that thead alone would take care of this and I have done
> no table customization.
>
> I’ll have a developer here take a look and see if he can diagnose the
> problem.
>
> Regards,
>
> Norma
>
> *From:*Peter Desjardins [mailto:peter.desjardins.us@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 04, 2016 10:14 AM
> *To:* Emery, Norma (HGR) <nemery@whitehangar.net>; DocBook Apps
> <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [docbook] Breaking tables across pages, repeating header row
>
> [Moving to docbook-apps list, where publishing tools and problems are
> discussed]
>
> It sounds like you're having trouble with PDF output. Is that correct?
>
> I'm surprised that your headings are not repeated after a page break. I
> think that is the default behavior. Table breaking across pages is
> described here:
>
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/LongTables.html
>
> Do you have table customizations that might be affecting the way this works?
>
> Peter
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Emery, Norma (HGR)
> <nemery@whitehangar.net <mailto:nemery@whitehangar.net>> wrote:
>
>         I’ve searched the archives for this list and I can’t find an
>         answer to this question.
>
>         I’m trying to get my table headings to repeat when the table
>         breaks across pages.
>
>         I’ve looked at attributes for table, thead and row and can’t
>         find any attribute for this.
>
>         I’ve also checked transform parameters and don’t see a parameter
>         that I can set for this purpose.
>
>         Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this?
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Norma Emery