dynamic sizing of label-end() body-start()

[Eric Smith <es...@fruitcom.com>]

I cannot see in the docs how to have the label size automatcally set
by the width of the label.  I am using <number/> with level="multiple".
Accordingly the label may be 1. or 1.4 or 1.4.2.7 or whatever.

Anyone know how to do this?

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Eric Smith

Re: dynamic sizing of label-end() body-start()

[Oleg Tkachenko <ol...@multiconn.com>]

Eric Smith wrote:

> I cannot see in the docs how to have the label size automatcally set
> by the width of the label.  I am using  with level="multiple".
> Accordingly the label may be 1. or 1.4 or 1.4.2.7 or whatever.
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

Well, fo lists are not very smart objects and without a careful planning 
labels may wrap or overlap body. It's a stylesheet author responsibility to 
provide provisional-distance-between-starts property value that is big enough 
to cater the biggest label may occur in the list, otherwise a label value will 
be wrapped. You may consider calculating of 
provisional-distance-between-starts at xslt stage according to label length in 
em units, for example.

See http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect3/bk/ch07.html#d0e5755.
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Oleg Tkachenko
eXperanto team
Multiconn Technologies, Israel