Re: [xep-support] Emulating an inline table

From: G. Ken Holman (gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com)
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 16:52:18 PDT

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    At 2003-09-24 17:54 -0500, Louis Meigret wrote:
    >I would like to emulate an inline table that could be mixed in the midst
    >of a text paragraph.
    >...
    >Mandate for __________________ , a registered doctor.
    > (name of person)

    This is one of the purposes for <inline-container> so that one can add
    block-level constructs in the middle of an inline.

    The following is how I would approach it if I had inline container:

       <block xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
         Mandate for
         <inline-container alignment-adjust="-1.5em">
           <table>
             <table-body>
               <table-row border-after-style="solid" border-after-width="1pt">
                 <table-cell><block>&#xa0;</block></table-cell>
               </table-row>
               <table-row>
                 <table-cell><block>(name of person)</block></table-cell>
               </table-row>
             </table-body>
           </table>
         </inline-container>, a registered doctor.
       </block>

    Unfortunately, XEP doesn't yet support <inline-container> but I would think
    it would be on their list of things to do.

    So, then the next thing I tried successfully in XSL-FO was the use of an
    auto-width table:

       <table xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
         <table-body>
           <table-row>
             <table-cell number-rows-spanned="2">
               <block>Mandate for </block>
             </table-cell>
             <table-cell border-after-style="solid" border-after-width="1pt">
               <block>&#xa0;</block>
             </table-cell>
             <table-cell number-rows-spanned="2">
               <block>, a registered doctor.</block>
             </table-cell>
           </table-row>
           <table-row>
             <table-cell><block>(name of person)</block></table-cell>
           </table-row>
         </table-body>
       </table>

    But, again unfortunately, XEP doesn't yet support auto-width tables ...
    this probably isn't as high on their list as the inline-container ... but
    then I'm just speculating based on a perceived complexity by a non-implementer.

    So, if you take the second approach and hardwire your column and table
    widths to precisely fit your predetermined text ... then you will get the
    effect you want in XEP. But I don't think you can yet get the effect when
    you have arbitrarily long sequences before and after the two-high bit.

    I hope this helps.

    ................. Ken 

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