Re: Respecting table formatting in docbook source while producing html or epub

Hi Esteban,

Check out the section on table borders in my online book and see if that 
works:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Borders.html

Bob Stayton
[email protected]

On 8/19/2021 3:13 AM, Esteban Zimanyi wrote:
> A table in my source DocBook xml document is defined as follows
>
> <table frame='bottom'><title>Variables for the user's and the 
> developer's documentation</title>
>   <tgroup cols='3' align='left' colsep='0' rowsep='1'>
>   <colspec colname='c1' colwidth="1*"/>
>   <colspec colname='c2' colwidth="1*"/>
>   <colspec colname='c3' colwidth="5*"/>
>   <thead>
>     <row>
>       <entry>Variable</entry>
>       <entry>Default value</entry>
>       <entry>Comment</entry>
>     </row>
>   </thead>
>   <tbody>
>     <row>
> <entry><varname>ALL_DOC</varname></entry>
> <entry><varname>BOOL=OFF</varname></entry>
>       <entry>The user's documentation is generated in HTML, PDF, and 
> EPUB formats.</entry>
>     </row>
>     [...]
>    </tbody>
>   </tgroup>
> </table>
>
> When the table is generated in PDF using dblatex the format specified 
> in the docbook document is respected (e.g., table frame='bottom' or 
> colsep='0').
>
> However, this formatting is ignored in HTML or EPUB and the tables are 
> output without any customization, i.e., traditional double border for 
> each cell.
>
> I know they are HMTL table parameters
> http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/html/tables.html 
> <http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/html/tables.html>
> but I would simply want to output the table as specified in the 
> docbook document.
>
> Is there a way to do this ?
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>