Hi, I just decided that I can't figure out what - according to the standard - should exactly happen if you have multiple columns in your body region and mix top-level fo:blocks of span=all with others of span=1. Perhaps one of you already found something...
I can see how the span-reference-areas need to be spaced horizontally (let's assume western writing modes for simplicity). And I can see that mixing top-level fo:blocks of different spans (at least "1" and "all") is allowed, though only for fo:blocks that direct children of fo:flow. But as for stacking the areas into the columns? Let's say we have scenario 3 (see below). Let's further assume that all content *could* fit on one page. But from how I read the spec, what would just happen is that first blocks are stacked into the first column until it's full. Then blocks are stacked into the next column. Let's say the second column would become about half full. Now for the following fo:block with span=all. There's no way to get a fitting area from that page - except of course if the block areas in the columns would be rearranged so that each of the columns is about half full. With FOP, this is roughly what seems to happen (not exactly, tough). But why? The spec doesn't seem to specify (or even allow) that. Any ideas? Scenarios: (always column-count=3) Scenario 1 (just blocks with span=all): ABC ABC ABC ok, no problems. Scenario 2 (block with span=all, then blocks with span=1) AAA BCD BCD clear so far. Scenario 3 (blocks with span=1, THEN 1 block with span=all Does this happen (let's assume content for the columns is able to fill about half the page): ABC ABC DDD or this? ABC ABC ABC + next page: DDD -- Cappelino Informationstechnologie GmbH Arnd Beißner --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
