1 | <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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2 | xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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3 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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4 | xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
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5 | xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
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6 | version="5.0" xml:id="variablelist.max.termlength">
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7 | <refmeta>
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8 | <refentrytitle>variablelist.max.termlength</refentrytitle>
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9 | <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">number</refmiscinfo>
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10 | </refmeta>
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11 | <refnamediv>
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12 | <refname>variablelist.max.termlength</refname>
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13 | <refpurpose>Specifies the longest term in variablelists</refpurpose>
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14 | </refnamediv>
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15 |
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16 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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17 | <src:fragment xml:id="variablelist.max.termlength.frag">
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18 | <xsl:param name="variablelist.max.termlength">24</xsl:param>
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19 | </src:fragment>
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20 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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21 |
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22 | <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
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23 |
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24 | <para>In variablelists, the <tag>listitem</tag>
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25 | is indented to leave room for the
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26 | <tag>term</tag> elements. That indent may be computed
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27 | if it is not specified with a <tag class="attribute">termlength</tag>
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28 | attribute on the <tag>variablelist</tag> element.
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29 | </para>
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30 | <para>
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31 | The computation counts characters in the
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32 | <tag>term</tag> elements in the list
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33 | to find the longest term. However, some terms are very long
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34 | and would produce extreme indents. This parameter lets you
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35 | set a maximum character count. Any terms longer than the maximum
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36 | would line wrap. The default value is 24.
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37 | </para>
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38 | <para>
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39 | The character counts are converted to physical widths
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40 | by multiplying by 0.50em. There will be some variability
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41 | in how many actual characters fit in the space
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42 | since some characters are wider than others.
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43 | </para>
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44 |
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45 | </refsection>
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46 | </refentry>
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