Re: [xsl] Total number of pages with XSL-FO (retry)

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

(sorry, trying again this time with complete sentences mentioning the 
referenced sections of the standard ... not sure what happened last time 
around in my haste)

At 2005-04-14 21:06 +0200, Jirka Kosek wrote:
> Nadia.Swaby@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I was going to try <fo:wrapper id="last-page"/> after all the contents of
> > the document.  Unfortunately, our Antennahouse server just went nuts (using
>
> AFAIK XSL Formatter doesn't support references to fo:wrapper. You must use 
> fo:inline or fo:block to place named anchor into document. This behaviour 
> of XSL Formatter is deviation from XSL Spec.

I disagree.  I think the behaviour of a formatter adding an id to the area 
tree for a <wrapper> element is a deviation from the XSL specification.

In the definition of 6.6.11 fo:page-number-citation regarding ref-id= it 
states the reference is to "the first normal area returned by the 
formatting object with an id trait matching the ref-id trait".

In the definition of 6.11.2 fo:wrapper it states "The fo:wrapper formatting 
object does not generate any areas."

Therefore, an empty wrapper adds nothing to the area tree and ref-id= has 
nothing to point to.

I think the behaviour witnessed is exactly as specified.

I hope this helps.

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


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