Re: [xsl] XSL-FO : flowing text around an absolute positionned block-container

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

At 2003-01-16 10:58 +0100, phdrix wrote:
> I have a page with a text which covers nearly all the available 
> region-body. Now I want to define a block-container, with absolute 
> position, centered on the middle of the page, so that the main text flows 
> around the four edges of the block-container.
> How can I do that in XSL-FO ?

There is an entire thread on this starting at:

  http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200211/msg00452.html

Where the problems were discussed by myself and others and Eliot Kimber 
proposed a work-around in certain cases.

I hope this helps.

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


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