<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>calc.column.width</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../reference.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="DocBook XSL Stylesheets: Reference Documentation"><link rel="up" href="table-templates.html" title="Part 3. Formatting Object Table Reference"><link rel="prev" href="table-templates.html" title="Part 3. Formatting Object Table Reference"><link rel="next" href="../template/index.html" title="Part 4. Titlepage Template Stylesheet Reference"><link rel="copyright" href="copyright.html" title="License"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">calc.column.width</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="table-templates.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part 3. Formatting Object Table Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../template/index.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="template.calc.column.width"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"><h2>calc.column.width</h2><p> calc.column.width — Calculate an XSL FO table column width specification from a CALS table column width specification. </p></div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2> <pre class="synopsis"><xsl:template name="calc.column.width"> <xsl:param name="colwidth">1*</xsl:param> ... </xsl:template></pre> </div> <div class="refsect1"><a name="idp10085104"></a><h2>Description</h2> <p>CALS expresses table column widths in the following basic forms:</p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99units</em></span>, a fixed length specifier.</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99</em></span>, a fixed length specifier without any units.</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99*</em></span>, a relative length specifier.</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p><span class="emphasis"><em>99.99*+99.99units</em></span>, a combination of both.</p> </li></ul></div> <p>The CALS units are points (pt), picas (pi), centimeters (cm), millimeters (mm), and inches (in). These are the same units as XSL, except that XSL abbreviates picas "pc" instead of "pi". If a length specifier has no units, the CALS default unit (pt) is assumed.</p> <p>Relative length specifiers are represented in XSL with the proportional-column-width() function.</p> <p>Here are some examples:</p> <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"> <p>"36pt" becomes "36pt"</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>"3pi" becomes "3pc"</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>"36" becomes "36pt"</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>"3*" becomes "proportional-column-width(3)"</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>"3*+2pi" becomes "proportional-column-width(3)+2pc"</p> </li><li class="listitem"> <p>"1*+2" becomes "proportional-column-width(1)+2pt"</p> </li></ul></div> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp10085232"></a><h2>Parameters</h2> <div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">colwidth</span></dt><dd> <p>The CALS column width specification.</p> </dd></dl></div> </div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp10099920"></a><h2>Returns</h2> <p>The XSL column width specification.</p> </div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="table-templates.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="table-templates.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="../template/index.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Part 3. Formatting Object Table Reference </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Part 4. Titlepage Template Stylesheet Reference</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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