Re: [docbook-apps] Thumb register

[Thomas Schraitle <tom_schr@web.de>]

Hi,

On Montag, 20. Juli 2020 09:40:33 CEST Norman Tovey-Walsh wrote:
> Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kleine@gmx.net> writes:
> > I have used a thumb register in a book produced with LaTeX. That was
> > fairly straight forward. I wonder whether this is also possible with
> > docbook -> PDF. Is there a solution already?
> 
> Pardon my ignorance, but what is a âthumb registerâ?

If I understood Bernhard correctly, it's a "thumb index":

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb_index

Of course, you cannot cut off a specific parts of a page with XSL FO, but you 
can "simulate" that by having a colored space at the page margin.

Hope that helps.

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  Thomas Schraitle