Re: [Boost-docs] [quickbook] a list inside a table

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] [quickbook] a list inside a table
From: Jaroslav Gresula (jgresula.LEAVE-THIS-OUT_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-01 06:18:44

Joel de Guzman wrote:
> Jaroslav Gresula wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> does quickbook allow placing a list inside a table or a variablelist?
>>
>> For instance the following does not work:
>>
>> [table
>>   [[Heading1] [Heading2]]
>>   [
>>     [key]
>>     [
>>       * item 1
>>       * item 2
>>     ]
>>   ]
>> ]
>
> Not at the moment, sorry. You can write a template for it
> that will accept the list. Example (untested):
>
> [template block[x]
> x

  [x]

> ]
>
> Then:
>
> [table
>   [[Heading1] [Heading2]]
>   [
>     [key]
>     [
> block[

  [block

> * item 1
> * item 2
> ]
>     ]
>   ]
> ]
>
> The list is a block markup and it requires the star/ampersand to start
> at the lever left.
>
> See if that works for you.

It does not work even after the minor fixes above. The 'block'
template does not expand to a list even if it is instantiated at the
global scope.

Changing block to

[template block
* item 1
* item 2
]

and instantiating it in a table cell works.

Thanks,
-- 
Jarda