Re: [xsl] apache fop - formating question

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2002-09-16 16:29 +0200, Thomas Sandor wrote:
> I have some sentences in a paragraph and have a picture (an illustration for
> it). what I'd like to do is insert a picture e.g. in the center of the page
> and have the sentences from the paragraph sourround it. (not like 1
> sentence, then comes the picture, and the second line comes from far behind
> the bottom of the picture.)

You are asking to flow content (your sentences) into a non-rectangular 
structure (the text box with the hole in it to accommodate the 
picture).  Though it has four edges, the hole inside doesn't make it a 
simple rectangle.

Areas in XSL-FO 1.0 are only rectangular and are not exclusive.  If you 
place one area on top of the other area, both get rendered as if the other 
area were not there.

I cannot think of any way to get the effect that you want in XSL-FO 1.0.

................ Ken


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