I believe you want the float-styles "inside" and "outside" supported for certain FO processors only.
SJT 2008/8/22 Richard Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As a related follow up, does anyone know of a way to cause an "outside" > float? I.e., a float that would be on the right on a recto page and on > the left on a verso page? I suspect it's difficult or impossible to do > this automatically in the stylesheets, since there seems to be no way to > know until the fo processing whether any particular text is on a verso > or recto page, but I'd like to be proven wrong:-). > > Dick Hamilton > http://rlhamilton.net > > On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 09:35 -0700, Bob Stayton wrote: > > > > Hi Stephen, > > Well, the DocBook schema currently doesn't allow floatstyle on > > sidebar. It seems that it should, but it was never added. So the > > semantics still require processing instructions, as described here: > > > > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SideFloats.html > > > > Bob Stayton > > Sagehill Enterprises > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Stephen Taylor > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:33 AM > > Subject: [docbook] Floats in DocBook 5.0 > > > > > > What are the recommended semantics for floats in V5? > > > > I see email traffic pre-V5 about deprecating the "float" > > attribute in favour of "floatstyle". So, for example, where my > > customisation layer floats sidebars on the left by default, > > using the sidebar.float.type parameter, to float an individual > > sidebar on the right, the following? > > > > <sidebar floatstyle="right"> > > <title>Sidebar example</title> > > <para>A sidebar can be used to emphasise…</para> > > </sidebar> > > > > If the answer is Yes, I'd be grateful for suggestions as to > > why the above sidebar floats on the left with the others. > > > > Best > > Stephen Taylor > > > >
