[LUDOC-107] docbook->pdf conversion makes tabs only one space

• Status: Open
• Project: Lustre Documentation
• Type: Bug
• Priority: Minor
• Reporter: Christopher Morrone
• Assignee: Lustre Manual Triage
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Labels: QInfrastructure
• Business Value: 15
• Severity: 3

Description

It looks like for conversion to pdf, the converter is making the tabs in <programlisting> blocks come out as only a single character. The tabs look better in the html output.

There is probably some XSL setting we can use to make tabs become 8 spaces (or the equivalent spacing) in the pdf conversion.

Comments

[Richard Henwood (Inactive)]

For example, the code on pg 308 of the pdf version (as of today).

[Richard Henwood (Inactive)]

An example is section 35.2.5 in the pdf, as of today.

[Annamaria Locati]

I suggest to substitute <tabs> with <spaces> during "make pdf".
However, I think that 3 spaces instead of 8 is better.

Old Makefile:
$(TGT_BASE).pdf: $(TGT_BASE).fo
fop $< $@

New Makefile:
$(TGT_BASE).pdf: $(TGT_BASE).fo
sed -e 's;<tab char>;<spaces>;g' $< | fop - $@