Re: [Boost-docs] Quickbook - Spacing between text and code blocks

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] Quickbook - Spacing between text and code blocks
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-17 09:31:02

Joel de Guzman wrote:

> Let's fix it. Could anyone point me to a page that exhibits the
> behavior?

Not really, but here's an observation:

If the generated XML produces code listing that look like this:

<programlisting>
<phrase role="preprocessor">#define</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">BOOST_MATH_OVERFLOW_ERROR_POLICY</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">ignore_error</phrase>
<phrase role="preprocessor">#define</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">BOOST_MATH_DISCRETE_QUANTILE_POLICY</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">real</phrase></programlisting>

Then PDF generation puts an extra blank line at the start of every code 
block, where as if it's like this:

<programlisting><phrase role="preprocessor">#define</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">BOOST_MATH_OVERFLOW_ERROR_POLICY</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">ignore_error</phrase>
<phrase role="preprocessor">#define</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">BOOST_MATH_DISCRETE_QUANTILE_POLICY</phrase> <phrase 
role="identifier">real</phrase></programlisting>

Then Voila! no more blank line :-)

HTML generation seems not to care either way BTW.

Can quickbook be adjusted to fix this?

Thanks, John.