Inconsistent handling of literallayout block when converting DocBook (db) to Word (docx)

[mmatrosov]

Take this doc.db file:

<preface>
<title></title>
<literallayout class="monospaced">Indented in adoc
literallayout in db</literallayout>
<screen>Listing in adoc
screen in db</screen>
<informaltable frame="all" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="50*"/>
<colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="50*"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>1</simpara></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><simpara>2</simpara></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><literallayout class="monospaced">Indented in adoc
literallayout in db</literallayout></entry>
<entry align="left" valign="top"><screen>Listing in adoc
screen in db</screen></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</preface>

Run this command:

pandoc.exe -s doc.db -o output.docx

Open output.docx in Word:

See how:

• Line breaks are missing for literallayout block in the table, while they are preserved for literallayout block outside the table and for screen block in the table
• literallayout block in the table has "Compact" style, while literallayout block outside the table and all other blocks have "Source Code" style

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PS I discovered this issue while converting from AsciiDoc to Word via DocBook. literallayout block is generated by asciidoctor from the indented code block. screen block is generated from [listing] block. Here is the source adoc file, if you are interested:

  Indented in adoc
  literallayout in db
  outside the table

----
Listing in adoc
screen in db
outside the table
----

|===
| 1 | 2
a|
  Indented in adoc
  literallayout in db
  inside the table
a|----
Listing in adoc
screen in db
inside the table
----
|===

Generated with the following command:

asciidoctor -d book -s --backend docbook --out-file doc.db input.adoc