Re: [docbook-apps] Two column sections

You can have only one page-master per physical 
page, and you cannot put a page-master in a table cell.  

 

This kind of formatting is not in the XSL-FO 1.0 
standard at all, so FOP would need to provide an extension like the other 
processors to handle it more easily.

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


 

 

  
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From: 
  DeanNelson 
  

  
To: Bob Stayton ;  
  

  
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:35 
  PM

  
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Two column 
  sections

  

  
Yikes! That seems rather invasive since I'm using 
  FOP.

  
 

  
Is there a way to switch from one page master to 
  another on the same physical page? Or is there only one page page master per 
  physical page?

  
 

  
Can you have a page master inside a single 
  cell table? 

  
 

  
 

  
 

  
In a message dated 10/05/08 14:05:23 Pacific Daylight Time,  writes:

  
    

    

    
    

    
This requires an extension in the XSL-FO processor.  In Antenna 
    House, you can use an fo:block-container with the extension attributes 
    axf:column-count and axf:column-gap.  In XEP, you should look into 
    using an rx:flow-section element with column-count and column-gap 
    attributes.  

    
 

    
If you are using FOP, I think you would have to define the page-master 
    as two columns, and then on all block content, except the section you want 
    in two columns, you would have to add a span="all" attribute.  Then 
    only the sections without span="all" will format in two columns.  
     Kind of a backwards way of doing it, and I'm not sure how hard it 
    would be to cover all content.

    
 

    
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises


    
 

    
 

    
      
----- Original Message ----- 

      
From: 
       

      
To:  
      

      
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 5:53 
      PM

      
Subject: [docbook-apps] Two column 
      sections

      

      
Hello All,

      
 

      
Does anyone have a way to turn two column flow on for just one 
      section? My docs are normally one column and every once in a while I would 
      like to suspend that and turn two column on.

      
 

      
Maybe like 

      
 

      
<section role="twocolumn">

      
 

      
or something like that.

      
 

      
Would that require a new pagemaster? I would rather not use this, 
      because a section could only be half a page.

      
 

      
Regards, 

      
Dean Nelson

      

      
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