tables

tables

[madhu]

hi 
is it possible to have background color for the table ,i mean only for the
table part in a document not for the whole page
with "-//OASIS/DTD DocBook ver 3.1 //EN " -- i assume it uses its own
stylesheet (defualt)please correct me on this ,if i am wrong
 now if change or add my own style sheet this means it is no more DocBook ver
am i correct 
any help ?
thank you in advance 
regards

maddy
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Re: tables

[Norman Walsh]

/ madhu <b_maddy_016@yahoo.com> was heard to say:
| is it possible to have background color for the table ,i mean only for the
| table part in a document not for the whole page
| with "-//OASIS/DTD DocBook ver 3.1 //EN " -- i assume it uses its own
| stylesheet (defualt)please correct me on this ,if i am wrong
|  now if change or add my own style sheet this means it is no more DocBook ver
| am i correct 

A document is DocBook V3.1 if it conforms to that DTD, the
stylesheet(s) that you use have no impact on the document
type. The DSSSL and XSL stylesheets that I've written for
DocBook can both be extended to provide backgrounds for
tables. See http://nwalsh.com/docbook/{dsssl |xsl} for more
details.

                                        Cheers,
                                          norm

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Re: tables

[madhu]

hi
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, you wrote:

> A document is DocBook V3.1 if it conforms to that DTD, the
> stylesheet(s) that you use have no impact on the document
> type. The DSSSL and XSL stylesheets that I've written for
> DocBook can both be extended to provide backgrounds for
> tables. See http://nwalsh.com/docbook/{dsssl |xsl} for more
> details.
> 
>                                         Cheers,
>                                           norm
> 
thank you norman.G.Orwell must be considering himself lucky in his grave ,he
didn't have to deal with abbrev/acronyms . ;-)
now i guess you are referring to db149.zip and subsequently db150.zip when you
point  to 
>See http://nwalsh.com/docbook/{dsssl |xsl} for more
> details.
i have downloaded both(not that stupid to think they are seperate things but
db150 is an upgrade to db149)
 but i reallly have got stumped , after i unzip it ,
what  do i do,put it in my /usr/lib/sgml before i get to use it 
it is mentions under Manifest 
doc/ contains instllation and referance documention
no such thing but then i remember seing on your website that this is is seperate
are you referring to "html/ contains the HTML stylesheet (for use with -t sgml)"
but then i use the script db2html it is very convenient =)
do i need to hack into this script , i am not good at such things yet 

i have tried using your 
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC  
       "+//IDN nwalsh.com//DTD DocBook DSSSL Architecture V1.0//EN" [
do i still have to use stylesheets 
i know onething for sure that  i am terribly confused ,my apologies  if  i am
confusing you in the process 
i guess it is time for you and mark to overhaul Docbook tutorial ;-)
any help?
thank you once again
regards

 -- 
maddy
***********----------------************---------------------**************-----------********
"Any path is only a path,Does this path have a heart?If it does,The path is
good;if it doesn't it is of no use"
		Carlos Castaneda,The teachings of Don Juan
***********----------------************---------------------**************-------------*******