Re: [xsl] Filling a table cell with a dotted line of varying length

Subject: Re: [xsl] Filling a table cell with a dotted line of varying length
From: "Joerg Heinicke" <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 02:52:43 +0100
Hello Matthew,

in FO you can find <fo:leader leader-pattern="dots">
(http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/slice6.html#fo_leader). I know this from using
DocBook-XSLs (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21935)
from Norman Walsh. It's used there for the TOC (autotoc.xsl). I don't know
if this is helpful in your case too.

Joerg

> Hello all,
> First off, I'd like to say that this list is so good that in most cases if
I
> want to figure out how to do something I only have to search the e-mail
> folder I save the messages in and, wham!, I have a solution (or a least a
> partial one) and I usually just collect the messages and lurk (sounds kind
> of selfish when I write it out like this, however time accountability at
> work prevents me from participating here as often as I'd like or at all).
> Those of you who answer most of the questions exhibit true altruism (at
> least, it seems that way from my perspective).  Just think, if governments
> could help each other the same way how much nicer a planet this would be.
>
> Anyhow, my own question:
> 1) A table with two cells on each row
> 2) The left cell contains text aligned to start with varying number of
> characters, hence leaving a variable empty space to the right of the text.
> 3) How can I fill the space with .... (dotted line) while at the same time
> not exceeding the cell width/boundary?  This is important since it will be
> rendered to pdf with FOP (which usually complains if cell boundaries are
> exceeded).
>
> I vaguely recall this being discussed at some time in the past, maybe here
> or in the FOP list, but I have no idea what I'd be searching the archive
for
> in this case, so I figured I ask again and maybe someone could give some
> example code or point to the thread if there was one.
>
> heap big thanks in advance,
>
>    Matthew L. Avizinis <mailto:mla@xxxxxxxxx>
> Gleim Publications, Inc.
>    4201 NW 95th Blvd.
>  Gainesville, FL 32606
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