Re: Columns in Norm's DocBook Stylesheets?

[Richard Light <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <7715-Wed25Feb1998094340+0000-s.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > I'd be really happy with something relatively basic (as a default) like:
> > 
> >     ------------
> >     |1|        |
> >     | |        |
> >     | | 2      |
>...
> > I read about columns in the DSSSL spec until my head hurt, and it didn't
> > get very clear. Is it just me or this fairly complex?
>
>the effect you want would require Jade to implement more than simple
>page sequences. James may comment on how close/interested he is in
>this, but i get the impression "not very". as Norm says, the
>multi-columning you *can* get is limited to equal width columns.

This may have already been pointed out (sorry, I haven't been paying
close attention to this thread), but you _can_ get different width
columns by use of the n-columns-spanned characteristic.  Obviously, this
only gives you control over the _proportion_ of the table that each
column takes up, but it's better than nothing.

Richard Light.

Richard Light
SGML/XML and Museum Information Consultancy
richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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