Re: [boost] How to center an element in Boost QuickBook?

-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Daniel James Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 11:21 AM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] How to center an element in Boost QuickBook?

On 8 October 2013 09:00, Paul A. Bristow wrote:

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I've finally got round to trying this with Quickbook 1.7 and I find it very neat to be able to control the alignment, both in text, and most usefully, in tables, so that the heading and/or body text can be centered or even right aligned.

(justify seems less useful).

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/* alignment and coloring use role feature, available from Quickbook 1.7 up. */

It's a 1.6 feature. There are still changes to be made in 1.7, so it's best to stick with 1.6 for now. I've got a lot of changes that haven't been made to trunk yet.

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I'd like to add a few to the boostbook.css

/* Text colors (names at http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colornames.asp) */ span.red { color: red; } span.green { color: green; } span.lime { color: #00FF00; } span.blue { color: blue; } span.navy { color: navy; } span.yellow { color: yellow; } span.magenta { color: magenta; } span.indigo { color: #4B0082; } span.cyan { color: cyan; } span.purple { color: purple; } span.gold { color: gold; } span.silver { color: silver; } span.grey { color: grey; }

Go for it.

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It will also be useful to have a few defs in your Quickbook file.

[/ ticks and crosses from dingbats http://www.unicodemap.org/range/56/Dingbats/ eg http://www.unicodemap.org/details/0x2714/]

[def __tick [role aligncenter [role green \u2714]]] [/ u2714 is a HEAVY CHECK MARK tick (2713 check mark)] [def __cross [role aligncenter [role red \u2718]]] [/ u2718 is a heavy cross] [def __star [role aligncenter [role red \u2736]]] [/ 6-point star]

Personally, I'd use templates, but it's your choice.

OK, I'll try that instead. I'll put them in the html_symbols.qbk file, hoping they won't clash with users other symbols (if they use that file - uncommon).

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Will this also produce a pdf version as with other Quickbook docs?

So far, the answer to my other question is not yet.

I'm sure it's possible to do at least coloured text in pdfs, a quick search suggests:

https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/201202/msg00106.html

I guess we need to add something similar to the boostbook xsl.

I'll fumble with that locally and report if I get it to work. Thanks Paul --- Paul A. Bristow, Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal LA8 8AB UK +44 1539 561830 07714330204 pbristow@hetp.u-net.com