On 28.06.2005 14:07:49 Vincent Hennebert wrote:
> Jeremias Maerki a écrit :
> > Do I interpret 6.10.1.3 correctly that the footnote-reference-area
> > always spans the whole width of the region-body even when the page
> > contents are rendered in multiple columns?
> 
> Yes, I think you're right. There are more hints in 6.4.13 (fo:region-body): 
> the 
> region-body may be divided into 3 areas: before-float-reference-area, 
> main-reference-area and footnote-reference-area. The main and footnote areas 
> are 
> totally disconnected, and only the former may hold multi-column areas.

Thanks!

> (I would have preferred that footnotes are allowed to be rendered in columns, 
> as 
> the result is nicer, but that's not so).

I thought about that, too. But then I thought: How would footnotes be
handled when content with span="all" is encountered? In that case,
things could get a bit messy. :-)

> For the rest I can't help, sorry :-/

No problem. A second opinion was all I needed. Thanks again!

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Jeremias Maerki

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