Does specifying a hyphenation character not work for you?
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/FittingText.html#BreakLongLines
Perhaps using some character other than \ as the hyphenation-character
(often a hooked arrow is used).
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Pawson [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 6:28 AM
> To: docbook
> Subject: [docbook] Question
>
> I'm looking at embedded code in docbook 5.
>
>
> <programlisting>
>
> $very long command line
>
> </programlisting>
>
>
> The problem is that I want to extract the command line as
> working code, from the docbook, hence I can't embed pseudo
> newlines/line break characters, as I would for documentation.
>
>
>
> Since I don't want to 'unwrap' all short lines, I'm looking
> at ?? an extension ?? purely for documentation?
>
>
> <programlisting>
>
> <line>$very long command line <linebreak/> etc etc
>
> </line>
>
> </programlisting>
>
>
> I.e. to intimate that at <linebreak/> I want (for the docbook
> 'print' output) a newline inserted to keep the page width reasonable.
>
> Is this / should this be an extension,
> or might it be considered of sufficiently general use for adoption?
>
>
> Processing would be to replace the element with a media
> appropriate break.
>
>
> regards
>
>
>
> regards
>
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> Dave Pawson
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> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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