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simon steiner commented on FOP-2727:
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See https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/fo.html#floats
> Please implement sidebars floating at the side of the body of the text
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>
> Key: FOP-2727
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2727
> Project: FOP
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: fo/unqualified
> Affects Versions: 1.1, 2.0, 2.1
> Environment: Debian Jessie and Stretch.
> Reporter: Petter Reinholdtsen
> Priority: Minor
>
> Hi. When trying to figure out how to make sure my docbook sidebars end up on
> the side of the text, I tried following the instructions on <URL:
> http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SideFloats.html > and wrote a simple
> example docbook file to test floating sidebars. This do not work and I get a
> message about a missing feature. Please add support for sidebars placed at
> the side of the text body.
> When processing my example, I get this message and the sidebar has
> disappeared from the resulting PDF:
> {noformat}
> % xmlto --with-fop pdf db-sidebar-test.xml
> Making portrait pages on letter paper (215.9mmx279.4mm)
> Font "Symbol,normal,700" not found. Substituting with "Symbol,normal,400".
> Font "ZapfDingbats,normal,700" not found. Substituting with
> "ZapfDingbats,normal,400".
> Rendered page #1.
> Couldn't find hyphenation pattern for lang="en".
> Rendered page #2.
> The following feature isn't implemented by Apache FOP, yet: fo:float (on
> fo:float) (No context info available)
> No LayoutManager maker for class class org.apache.fop.fo.flow.Float
> Rendered page #3.
> Rendered page #4.
> /tmp/user/1000/xmlto.xvMMIW
> %
> {noformat}
> I tried using both fop 1.1 and 2.1, and both fail to create a PDF with a
> sidebar.
> This is the example docbook file I use:
> {noformat}
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
> "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd";>
> <book id="index" lang="en">
> <bookinfo>
> <title>Test docbook sidebar</title>
> </bookinfo>
> <chapter id="installation">
> <title>Sidebar example</title>
> <highlights>
> <para>Some text in front of the sidebar.</para>
> </highlights>
> <sidebar>
> <title>Sidebar example</title>
> <?dbfo sidebar-width="1.5in"?><?dbfo float-type="left"?>
> <para>A <sgmltag class="element">sidebar</sgmltag>
> can be used to emphasize certain
> content. It can intrude into
> the body area, or it can
> appear in side indents as
> a margin note.</para>
> </sidebar>
> <para>Some text following the sidebar.</para>
> </chapter>
> </book>
> {noformat}
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