[xep-support] Marginalia as a DocBook customisation

[Bob Stayton]

I used something that was a little closer to XEP's example, which included a
block-container:

    <fo:float float="start"
              start-indent="{$title.margin.left}"
              clear="both">
      <fo:block-container width="-{$title.margin.left}">
          <fo:block
                font-weight="normal"
                font-size="7pt"
                line-height="8pt"
                start-indent="0pt"
                end-indent="1pc">
            <xsl:apply-templates/>
          </fo:block>
      </fo:block-container>
    </fo:float>

It tested this in both XEP and Antenna House, and it works for both. I was
thinking that it might become a feature of the DocBook stylesheets, which is
why I wanted it to work with all processors (although FOP does not support
side floats yet).

I had tried something like Jirka's example, but in Antenna House the content
did not wrap, it just stayed on one line and intruded into the body area.  I
think the difference is that XEP supports width on fo:block, even though
that property is not in the spec for fo:block.  Is that an XEP extension?

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs at sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jirka Kosek" <jirka at kosek.cz>
To: <xep-support at renderx.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [xep-support] Marginalia as a DocBook customisation


Paul A. Hoadley wrote:

> Has anyone written (or seen) a DocBook customisation to produce
> marginalia using side floats?
>
> http://xep.xattic.com/xep/testsuite/usecasestest.html#marginalia
>
> I'm thinking of something like <note role="margin">...</note>.  I'll
> have a look at it if no one has done it.

I was prototyping this some time ago, see attachement. I'm not sure if
it still works with the latests stylesheets, but you can give it a try.
Content of <remark> elements are formatted as marginalia, but you can
change this very easily.

Jirka

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
                version="1.0">

<!-- Element remark se zobrazuje jako marginĂĄlie -->

<xsl:import
href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/fo/docbook.xsl"/>

<!-- Ăšpravy parametrĹŻ -->

<!-- Velikost papĂ­ru -->
<xsl:param name="paper.type" select="'A4'"/>

<!-- XSLT procesor můŞe pouŞívat rozťíření pro callouts apod. -->
<xsl:param name="use.extensions" select="1"/>

<!-- Rozťíření specifickå pro daný FO procesor -->
<!-- <xsl:param name="passivetex.extensions" select="1"/> -->

<xsl:param name="xep.extensions" select="1"/>

<!-- Velikost pĂ­sma textu -->
<xsl:param name="body.font.master">11</xsl:param>

<!-- Velikost okrajĹŻ -->
<xsl:param name="page.margin.inner" select="'8pc'"/>
<xsl:param name="page.margin.outer" select="'8pc'"/>

<!-- ÄŒĂ­slovĂĄnĂ­ sekcĂ­ a kapitol -->
<xsl:param name="section.autolabel" select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="section.label.includes.component.label" select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="chapter.autolabel" select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="appendix.autolabel" select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="part.autolabel" select="1"/>
<xsl:param name="preface.autolabel" select="0"/>

<!-- Nechceme obrĂĄzek -->
<xsl:param name="draft.watermark.image" select="''"/>

<!-- Nadpisy jsou zarovnĂĄny s textem, jak je zvykem v evropskĂŠ
typografii -->
<xsl:param name="title.margin.left" select="'-5pc'"/>

<xsl:param name="show.comments.as.marginalias" select="1"/>

<xsl:template match="comment|remark">
  <xsl:if test="$show.comments != 0">
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="$show.comments.as.marginalias = 1">
        <fo:float float="start">
          <fo:block width="4pc" text-align="end" font-family="Helvetica"
font-size="8pt" font-weight="bold" margin-left="{$title.margin.left}">
            <xsl:call-template name="inline.charseq"/>
          </fo:block>
        </fo:float>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <fo:block font-style="italic">
          <xsl:call-template name="inline.charseq"/>
        </fo:block>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>


</xsl:stylesheet>


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