Hi Craig, On 29/02/12 07:52, Craig Ringer wrote: > Hi all > > As part of reading and research on support for features I need like more > flexible column spans, copyfitting, space-conditional alternative content, > run-arounds, and non-square page masters, I've stumbled across the XSL-FO 2.0 > requirements draft. It seems to specify everything I need: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20-req/ > > It was was published in March 2008, and I don't see any working draft of an > XSL-FO 2.0 specification as yet.
A Working Draft of XSL-FO 2.0 has actually recently been published: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20/ > I'm finding more and more things where I'm having to break out of the XSL-FO > model to post-process the area tree in order to achieve what I want. It's > getting to the point where I'm questioning whether it's worth using XSL-FO at > all for my processes, despite my requirements being relatively simple things > like vertical space copyfitting with conditional spacer content where > required, reserving blank areas on specific pages, etc. Well the standard is one thing, its implementation another. I suppose you just have to go for the tool that best suits your needs, be it based on XSL-FO or something else. > I haven't seen any discussion of XSL-FO 2.0 here, perhaps unsurprisingly given > that fop doesn't have full 1.1 support yet. > > Has anyone here been looking at XSL-FO 2.0? I'm really eyeing features from > XSL-FO 2.0 like: > > - Adjustible region sizes > - n-column spans > - n-column floats (to use with conditional content to match page numbers) > - copyfitting (especially feathering) and space-conditional content > - Text/content before or after a break > - Column balancing > - Spanning columns in nested formatting objects > > Anyone know anything about FO 2.0, progress, people interested, etc? How are > others handling these sorts of things? ATM progress on the XSL-FO 2.0 Recommendation is going very slowly due to a dramatically under-staffed Working Group. It’s unclear when (and whether) the official Recommendation will be published. A community group has just been started at the W3C (see my other message on this subject) with the goal to raise interest in XSL-FO and attract more people. HTH, Vincent --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
