On 12/20/07, Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been playing with the idea for some time and the time has come to > bring this up. I would like to write an FO extension which allows to > insert a multi-page document into an FO document, so each page produces > a new page of exactly the same dimensions as the bitmap image in the > final format (by default). With fo:external-graphic it's only possible > to embed one single image somewhere inline. Of course, it's possible to > position the fo:external-graphic so it takes up the whole page and you > can even address individual pages (<uri>#page=3) with the new image > package but you'd still need to know at least the number of pages at > XSLT time to get this right. Instead, I'd like to do this with a single > extension element on the same level as fo:page-sequence. I've called it > fox:external-document for now. Here's the proposed specification:
<snip'd /> > While writing this it occurred to me that this could also be implemented > as an FO-preprocessor (SAX filter). However, since this proprocessor > would have to generate page masters depending on the images which have > to be inserted at the beginning of the FO file, this could be > inefficient. The only benefits I see is that it could be used with other > FO implementations, too, and that it wouldn't add code to FOP which has > to be maintained. So, I would prefer to implement this as a layout > manager. > > I know this is again something that doesn't really bring FOP closer to > version 1.0. Again, it's simply coming from people using FOP on a > day-to-day basis. > > WDYT? > > Jeremias Maerki Looks interesting... I recall wishing 0.20.5 had something like this back in the day. +1 from me. -- Regards, The Web Maestro -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - <http://homepage.mac.com/webmaestro/> My religion is simple. My religion is kindness. - HH The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
