(sorry for the tardy response, folks, but I'm supposed to be on
vacation this week)
I don't think I could say any better what Abel has said already. I
created an example solution to post only to find that the
popularly-used tools do not support the feature as documented.
At 2007-08-23 18:42 +0200, Abel Braaksma wrote:
I think so, yes, too complicated. But here's more If you want the
"best" solution, you can augment
...
Your best bet is a processor that supports XSL-FO 1.0 better.
Unfortunately, the only processor that seems to support
text-align="somestring" is...
...
PS: I too am hoping that somebody proofs me wrong and says that
there's an easier solution here....G. Ken Holman? ;)
I wish I could ... I teach that the "correct" way to do this is with
text-align="." but there is no support as documented.
I have learned, however, that there is *extended* support beyond the
standardized documentation that my be helpful if you have Antenna
House as a choice of engine. I found it interesting that they
support a two-pronged specification of alignment:
text-align="'.' end"
... will align the cells vertically on . and then the whole
collection of lines to the end of the table cell.
text-align="'-' center"
... will align the lines along the first occurrence of "-" and center
every "-" in the cell.
While quite powerful, it is processor specific and from my tests it
does not support text-align="." as documented. For those who are
using the tool, it provides a number of options.
I wonder if they would consider supporting their extension as follows:
text-align="." axf:text-align="end"
... which would satisfy the specification as well as provide the
additional functionality in a portable and non-interfering fashion.
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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