At 2002-10-15 16:08 -0500, Louis Meigret wrote:
How can I emulate tabulations in XSL ? I thought of using <fo:leaders> but
this does not seem to work in the general case.
Example:
set tab : 3cm, 8cm, 12cm
Text1<tab>Text2<tab>Text3
Text1 much longer<tab>Text2b aligned with Tex2<tab>Text3b aligned with Text3.
Have you considered putting your content into table cells without turning
on the borders of the cells? The reader doesn't need to know you used a table.
What strategy do you have in mind for text that overlaps the tab boundary
.. using a table you have the choice of chopping off excess, wrapping
excess, or overlapping the next tab stop. There is no choice of "skipping"
a tab stop as would a traditional tab function.
I hope this helps.
.................... Ken
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