Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Dave Pawson wrote:
>>
>> Where to draw the line? Overlays and slides are javascript + html
>> surely? Same way that Norm added 'next slide' type javascript.
> Indeed, incremental display (as well as overlays) is implemented using
> javascript. But it's still something a presentation author wants to
> specify in the markup. While it is clear that incrementals can be
> ignored in handouts, for all others they are media-independent (i.e. no
> matter whether you use HTML or some other fancy tool, you want to
> specify what 'next' stands for).
I'm going to remain neutral on that till I understand it.
Could you describe a rough outline of markup through to an overlay
of a second list item being added to an existing list, perhaps, as
an example?
>
>>
>> What markup are you thinking of for incremental lists?
>> list continuation attributes? Semantic = continue numbering from
>> previous-sibling::list?
> I'm not sure. Just a means to indicate how the slide content is chunked
> for incremental display. (And sometimes it's not a simple linear
> chunking, for example when some content has to be kept in sync, such as
> list items and graphic overlays.)
In which case I don't understand enough to suggest anything.
Could you define it? Simple example first?
>
>
>>>
>>> Another area is to explicitely allow multi-column displays, with
>>> explicit placement into those columns (or more generally, blocks).
>>> Having content flow automatically is typically not what presentation
>>> authors want.
>>
>> Which is getting pretty close to xsl-fo? Again, where to draw the line?
>> I've used CSS for multi-column presentation of html divs... how to get
>> that back into markup?
>> By the sound of it you want n divs, then a means to lay them out?
>> perhaps using some <sect-n> element with an attribute indicating left
>> or right layout? is that the sort of thing?
>
> Yes, exactly. Well, it might be good enough to have an indicator (such
> as 'template' enumerator per slide, then use named blocks which content
> is put into. The template enumerator will then indicate how those blocks
> are layed out.) That seems to be similar in spirit to what
> presentational software such as powerpoint or openoffice offer.
Which is a mile away from semantic or even presentational markup?
It is exactly xsl-fo. Take this block, flow it into that position.
Again, more clarity please, markup through to presentation?
s I think.
>>
>> I'm not 100% at the moment or I'd offer to do it. Not hard though,
>> honest.
>
> And I have never actually used relaxng. May be I should try, some day...
What's wrong with today?
http://books.xmlschemata.org/relaxng/page2.html
great starting point,
great language to work with.
regards
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Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
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