Re: [xsl] keeping text together in PDF

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2006-01-16 10:11 -0500, Nadia.Swaby@xxxxxx wrote:
> I have a problem with an XML Document that is being rendered to PDF, using
> AntennaHouse.  The XML contains the following text:
> for Sand Castings is .125"
>
> When the document is rendered to PDF, the . (period) gets separated from
> the 125".  I discovered that a way around this is to create the fo document
> as follows:
> <fo:block>
>       ....for Sand Castings is <fo:inline keep-together.within-line="always
> ">.125"</fo:inline>
> </fo:block>

Can you show your original stylesheet that produced the 
separation?  There is nothing in XSL-FO 1.0 to imply there is 
separation between the decimal point and the number.

What I've seen from some students is they inadvertently include 
significant white-space in their XSLT and misinterpret the results as 
issues of XSL-FO.

> This is what I need to know:  Is there any way (using XSL 1.0) to surround
> a string that contains '.n(1-5)" ' with an fo:inline element?

No, not easily.  You cannot match on a portion of text, so you would 
end up with convoluted recursive calls.

> Or will I
> have to add and element to the XML so that the user can specify which text
> need to be kept on the same line?

Hopefully neither and we'll find out the problem in your original stylesheet.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken


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