Table cell text overlapes with table border ...docbook 1.74.3

[Bela Patel]

Hi,

 

I am using docbook version 1.74.3 for PDF report generation.

 

I have 50 chnaracter long text in a table cell but it overlapes with the table border.

 

for example :

 

1. I have text "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO" in one table cell but it overlapes with the table border and goes outside of the table.

 

2. But if I modify it as "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789" then it does not overlap with the border but after 26 character it breaks and goes to second line within the same cell as shown below.

 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789

 

how can I make the text string shown in first option to stay within the same cell so that it does not overlap with the table border.

 

Thanks,

BRAMANI.

 

 

 

[Bela Patel]

Does anybody know how to resolve the following issue? How to make the text string stay within the table cell so that it does not overlap with table border?

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

BRAMANI.

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...> wrote:

Hi,

 

I am using docbook version 1.74.3 for PDF report generation.

 

I have 50 chnaracter long text in a table cell but it overlapes with the table border.

 

for example :

 

1. I have text "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO" in one table cell but it overlapes with the table border and goes outside of the table.

 

2. But if I modify it as "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789" then it does not overlap with the border but after 26 character it breaks and goes to second line within the same cell as shown below.

 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789

 

how can I make the text string shown in first option to stay within the same cell so that it does not overlap with the table border.

 

Thanks,

BRAMANI.

 

 

 

[Vincent Hennebert-2]

Hi,

Since it’s not a regular word it can’t be hyphenated; you must specify
yourself the places where it is allowed to break. If you want a hyphen
to be visible when the text is broken you can use the soft hyphen
character (U+00AD). Otherwise you can use a zero-width space (U+200B).

HTH,
Vincent


Bela Patel wrote:

> Does anybody know how to resolve the following issue? How to make the text
> string stay within the table cell so that it does not overlap with table
> border?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> BRAMANI.
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using docbook version 1.74.3 for PDF report generation.
>>
>> I have 50 chnaracter long text in a table cell but it overlapes with the
>> table border.
>>
>> for example :
>>
>> 1. I have text "*ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO*" in
>> one table cell but it overlapes with the table border and goes outside of
>> the table.
>>
>> 2. But if I modify it as "*
>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789*" then it does not
>> overlap with the border but after 26 character it breaks and goes to second
>> line within the same cell as shown below.
>>
>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-
>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789
>>
>> how can I make the text string shown in first option to stay within the
>> same cell so that it does not overlap with the table border.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> BRAMANI.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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[Bela Patel]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...> wrote:

Vincent,

 

I dont quite understand what you are suggesting.

 

I just want the text to automatically break in next line within the cell depending on the cell size so that it does not overlap with Table border.

 

Can you please explain this?

 

Thanks,

BRAMANI.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Vincent Hennebert <vhennebert@...> wrote:

Hi,

Since it’s not a regular word it can’t be hyphenated; you must specify
yourself the places where it is allowed to break. If you want a hyphen
to be visible when the text is broken you can use the soft hyphen
character (U+00AD). Otherwise you can use a zero-width space (U+200B).

HTH,
Vincent

Bela Patel wrote:
> Does anybody know how to resolve the following issue? How to make the text
> string stay within the table cell so that it does not overlap with table
> border?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> BRAMANI.
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using docbook version 1.74.3 for PDF report generation.
>>
>> I have 50 chnaracter long text in a table cell but it overlapes with the
>> table border.
>>
>> for example :
>>
>> 1. I have text "*ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO*" in
>> one table cell but it overlapes with the table border and goes outside of
>> the table.
>>
>> 2. But if I modify it as "*
>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789*" then it does not
>> overlap with the border but after 26 character it breaks and goes to second
>> line within the same cell as shown below.
>>
>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-
>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789
>>
>> how can I make the text string shown in first option to stay within the
>> same cell so that it does not overlap with the table border.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> BRAMANI.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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[Vincent Hennebert-2]

Hi,

Bela Patel wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...> wrote:
>
>> Vincent,
>>
>> I dont quite understand what you are suggesting.
>>
>> I just want the text to automatically break in next line within the cell
>> depending on the cell size so that it does not overlap with Table border.
>>
>> Can you please explain this?

You have to insert those characters wherever you are happy for the text
to break, possibly between every letter. The XSL-FO processor will then
choose one of those places to break the text into two lines. For
example:
    ABCDEFGHIJK​LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ​123456789​ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

Basically by inserting that character (or the soft hyphen), you’re
giving the XSL-FO processor opportunities to break the text. The more of
those there are, the less risk there is that the text is going to
overlap the cell. Ideally you would somehow automate that process,
inserting those characters by hand is obviously tedious.

HTH,
Vincent

>> Thanks,
>> BRAMANI.
>>
>>   On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Vincent Hennebert <vhennebert@...
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Since it’s not a regular word it can’t be hyphenated; you must specify
>>> yourself the places where it is allowed to break. If you want a hyphen
>>> to be visible when the text is broken you can use the soft hyphen
>>> character (U+00AD). Otherwise you can use a zero-width space (U+200B).
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Vincent
>>>
>>>
>>> Bela Patel wrote:
>>>> Does anybody know how to resolve the following issue? How to make the
>>> text
>>>> string stay within the table cell so that it does not overlap with table
>>>> border?
>>>>
>>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> BRAMANI.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using docbook version 1.74.3 for PDF report generation.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have 50 chnaracter long text in a table cell but it overlapes with
>>> the
>>>>> table border.
>>>>>
>>>>> for example :
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. I have text "*ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO*"
>>> in
>>>>> one table cell but it overlapes with the table border and goes outside
>>> of
>>>>> the table.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. But if I modify it as "*
>>>>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789*" then it does not
>>>>> overlap with the border but after 26 character it breaks and goes to
>>> second
>>>>> line within the same cell as shown below.
>>>>>
>>>>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-
>>>>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789
>>>>>
>>>>> how can I make the text string shown in first option to stay within the
>>>>> same cell so that it does not overlap with the table border.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> BRAMANI.

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[jrhooker]

Hi Bela,

This is a pretty common problem when adding technical data to tables, since hyphenation tables/algorithims don't apply to non-standard things like long field names.

The way to handle it is to treat the contents of your table entries like they were URLs (which also bugger up hyphenation). The following template introduces soft hyphens between every letter of every table entry:

 <xsl:template name="hyphenate-tableentries">
    <xsl:param name="entry" select="''"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="$tableentry.hyphenate = ''">
        <xsl:value-of select="$entry"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="string-length($entry) > 1">
        <xsl:variable name="char" select="substring($entry, 1, 1)"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$char"/>
        <xsl:if test="contains($tableentry.hyphenate.chars, $char)">
          <!-- Do not hyphen in-between // -->
          <xsl:if test="not($char = '/' and substring($entry,2,1) = '/')">
            <xsl:copy-of select="$tableentry.hyphenate"/>
          </xsl:if>
        </xsl:if>
        <!-- recurse to the next character -->
        <xsl:call-template name="hyphenate-tableentries">
          <xsl:with-param name="entry" select="substring($entry, 2)"/>
        </xsl:call-template>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <xsl:value-of select="$entry"/>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:param name="tableentry.hyphenate.chars">_.-/&</xsl:param>
  <xsl:param name="tableentry.hyphenate">­</xsl:param>

  <xsl:template match="entry//text()">
    <xsl:call-template name="hyphenate-tableentries">
      <xsl:with-param name="entry" select="."/>
    </xsl:call-template>
  </xsl:template>

I forget who showed me this (someone on this list, I'm sure; think it might have actually been Bob Stayton), but I know I can't take credit for it.

Cheers,
Jeff.


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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Table cell text overlapes with table
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Hi,

Bela Patel wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...> wrote:
>
>> Vincent,
>>
>> I dont quite understand what you are suggesting.
>>
>> I just want the text to automatically break in next line within the cell
>> depending on the cell size so that it does not overlap with Table border.
>>
>> Can you please explain this?

You have to insert those characters wherever you are happy for the text
to break, possibly between every letter. The XSL-FO processor will then
choose one of those places to break the text into two lines. For
example:
    ABCDEFGHIJK​LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ​123456789​ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

Basically by inserting that character (or the soft hyphen), you’re
giving the XSL-FO processor opportunities to break the text. The more of
those there are, the less risk there is that the text is going to
overlap the cell. Ideally you would somehow automate that process,
inserting those characters by hand is obviously tedious.

HTH,
Vincent

>> Thanks,
>> BRAMANI.
>>
>>   On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Vincent Hennebert <vhennebert@...
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Since it’s not a regular word it can’t be hyphenated; you must specify
>>> yourself the places where it is allowed to break. If you want a hyphen
>>> to be visible when the text is broken you can use the soft hyphen
>>> character (U+00AD). Otherwise you can use a zero-width space (U+200B).
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Vincent
>>>
>>>
>>> Bela Patel wrote:
>>>> Does anybody know how to resolve the following issue? How to make the
>>> text
>>>> string stay within the table cell so that it does not overlap with table
>>>> border?
>>>>
>>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> BRAMANI.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Bela Patel <belaramani@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using docbook version 1.74.3 for PDF report generation.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have 50 chnaracter long text in a table cell but it overlapes with
>>> the
>>>>> table border.
>>>>>
>>>>> for example :
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. I have text "*ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO*"
>>> in
>>>>> one table cell but it overlapes with the table border and goes outside
>>> of
>>>>> the table.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. But if I modify it as "*
>>>>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789*" then it does not
>>>>> overlap with the border but after 26 character it breaks and goes to
>>> second
>>>>> line within the same cell as shown below.
>>>>>
>>>>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-
>>>>> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO123456789
>>>>>
>>>>> how can I make the text string shown in first option to stay within the
>>>>> same cell so that it does not overlap with the table border.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> BRAMANI.

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