Re: [xsl] [xsl-fo] Columnized pages and horizontal blocks

[Kamal Bhatt <kbhatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

J.Pietschmann wrote:
> Kamal Bhatt wrote:
> > I want to create a page with two columns (like a conference paper). 
> > How do
> > I do this easily in FO, in particular FOP 0.93?
>
> You are probably looking for the column-count property
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/#column-count
>
> > Additionally, I would like the ability to arrange my blocks 
> > horizontally.
> > Is this possible without defining tables (once again, for FOP 0.93)?
>
> You can use absolutely positioned block-containers, but this has
> other limits. You should probably use a table.
Thanks for that, but I worked it out on my own. I am surprised that all 
my web references glossed over column-count. If I was n't using FOP, 
would it be possible to use inline-block-container to do horizontal 
orientation.


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Kamal Bhatt