[xep-support] exact placement of words on a line

[Alexander Peshkov]

Hello Steven,

At your place I would consider two options:

1. Create a single table for every verse or line. It will have a simple
   structure - every cell contains one word and it's transliteration like
   this:
   | xxxxx  | xxxxxxx|xxxxxx|    xx     |xx xx
   |yyyyyyy |  yyyyy |  yy  | yyyyy yyy |  y

   Note that despite this approach still utilizes tables it requires
   only one level table, not four-level nested table as in the sample
   document you send me.
   
2. Place every pair of words not in a table cell but rather in an SVG
   image. This way text will remain searchable in Acrobat and you
   will be able to enforce desired positioning without tables.

In both cases you have to wrap every verse and every chapter in
separate block and place appropriate markers at their beginnings.

Best regards,
Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RenderX

xdc> Hi folks,

xdc> Was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.

xdc> I have a situation in which I must place words at a specific position on a
xdc> line. In the old word processor or dtp days, I would do this by setting
xdc> tabs -- center, left or right -- and then put a tab in front of a word. I
xdc> would set the tab settings on a per-line basis.

xdc> The reason I need to do this is because I have to line up words on two
xdc> lines one to another, like this:

xdc>  xxxxx   xxxxxxx xxxxxx    xx      xx xx
xdc> yyyyyyy   yyyyy    yy   yyyyy yyy    y

xdc> where yyy(*) is a translation or transliteration of xx(*).

xdc> I have not found a way to accomplish this in fo, other than to  resort to
xdc> creating tables with exactly sized columns and then sticking the words in
xdc> the cells  in those columns.

xdc> I now know that this is an ineffecient way of doing things. I know the
xdc> width of the words, and where I want them to go (tab placement as it were)
xdc> -- so that is not something I would need to derive either from fo or via
xdc> xslt -- I pass that info in. But how to layout the words??

xdc> Any tips or ideas?

xdc> Thanks,

xdc> Steven Gertiser
xdc> IDPC



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