Re: [xsl] [XSL-FO] marginal notes

Subject: Re: [xsl] [XSL-FO] marginal notes
From: "G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 18:44:00 -0000
At 2017-01-07 17:19 +0000, Geert Bormans geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I need to add marginal notes to a two column layout in XSL-FO
(I am using Antenna House)
And in general this works well using floats

<fo:change-bar-begin change-bar-class="CBP-{generate-id()}" change-bar-offset="5mm">
<fo:float float="outside">


I am facing two issues now

1. The float="outside" works well in a one column layout to put my notes in the left margin on even pages and the right margin on odd pages
However I can't seem to figure out how to put margins on the left for the left column and on the right for the right column

I think you might be out of luck, but I would experiment by implementing the columns as two flow areas of one column each instead of one flow area with two columns. I just cannot readily recall what "inside" and "outside" are w.r.t. arbitrary flow areas.


And I haven't looked up the Antenna House extensions.

2. In my XML a set of lines make up a paragraph, the "lines" are numbered and I need the "number" in the margin
Sometimes 2 "lines" start on the same physical line in the column and the marginal notes in the side bar are printed at the same location
Is there a way to fix it in a way that a second float is printed below the first when both are on the same height?
I have been playing with markers but ca,t get any pleasing result

Have you tried the clear= property? I think you have a copy of my book (or the free preview on my web site) ... check out the diagram in Chapter 7, Section 2, "The interaction of blocks and floats".


I hope this helps. Please forgive me for not taking the time to mock up examples to test myself.

. . . . . . Ken


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