I think Pascal suggestion of using intermediate format is your best bet.
Goes like this:
fop -fo test.fo -if application/pdf test.if.xml
edit the test.if.xml and then
fop -ifin test-modified.if.xml -pdf test.pdf
attached is an example. you can do it better and add the copyright to a
static region and add a blank space at the beginning. then the only
thing you need to do is to apply a vertical translation to the first
column and you can write a script to do it.
On 2/6/14, 4:08 PM, Aaron W. Hsu wrote:
Pascal Sancho <psancho....@gmail.com> writes:
For such questions, you should ask on DocBook List (follow [1]).
[1] http://www.docbook.org/help
Thanks, I'm on that list, but I was under the impression that this list
might provide better solutions to actually getting the desired behavior
in FOP. I'm sure once I understand a fundamental FO approach that I will
be able to implement it in DocBook.
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The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible. Instead, Oslo won the right to host the 1952 Games in a contest that included Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy and Lake Placid in the United States. All of the venues were in Oslo's metropolitan area except for the alpine skiing events, which were held at Norefjell, 113 km (70 mi) from the capital. A new hotel was built for the press and dignitaries, along with three dormitories to house athletes and coaches, creating the first modern athlete's village. The city of Oslo bore the financial burden of hosting the Games in return for the revenue they generated.
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<text x="0" y="53466">the "Oslo flag", has been displayed in the</text>
<text x="0" y="67866">host city during each subsequent Winter</text>
<text x="0" y="82266">Games.</text>
<text x="0" y="96666">Oslo had unsuccessfully bid to host</text>
<text x="0" y="111066">the 1936 Winter Olympics, losing to</text>
<text x="0" y="125466">Germany, which had hosted the 1936</text>
<text x="0" y="139866">Summer Olympics. At that time, the nation</text>
<text x="0" y="154266">that hosted the Summer Olympics also</text>
<text x="0" y="168666">hosted the Winter Olympics.[2] After the</text>
<text x="0" y="183066">1936 Games, the International Olympic</text>
<text x="0" y="197466">Committee (IOC) decided to award the</text>
<text x="0" y="211866">Winter and Summer Games to different</text>
<text x="0" y="226266">countries, but the Games were suspended</text>
<text x="0" y="240666">during World War II. London hosted the</text>
<text x="0" y="255066">first post-war Games, the 1948 Summer</text>
<text x="0" y="269466">Olympics, and recommended Oslo as</text>
<text x="0" y="283866">the host city for the 1948 Winter Games,</text>
<text x="0" y="298266">but the city council declined.[2] Instead,</text>
<text x="0" y="312666">the 1948 Winter Olympics were held in</text>
<text x="0" y="327066">St. Moritz, Switzerland.[3] Norwegians</text>
<text x="0" y="341466">were undecided about hosting a Winter</text>
<text x="0" y="355866">Olympics.[4] Culturally, they were opposed</text>
<text x="0" y="370266">to competitive winter sports, particularly</text>
<text x="0" y="384666">skiing events, despite the success of</text>
<text x="0" y="399066">Norwegian athletes at previous Winter</text>
<text x="0" y="413466">Games.[5] But the organizers believed the</text>
<text x="0" y="427866">1952 Games could be an opportunity to</text>
<text x="0" y="442266">promote national unity and to show the</text>
<text x="0" y="456666">world that Norway had recovered from the</text>
<text x="0" y="471066">war.[6] Vying with Oslo for the right to host</text>
<text x="0" y="485466">the Games were Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy,</text>
<text x="0" y="499866">and Lake Placid, United States.[2] The IOC</text>
<text x="0" y="514266">voted to award the 1952 Winter Games</text>
<text x="0" y="528666">to Oslo on 21 June 1947 at the 40th IOC</text>
<text x="0" y="543066">Session in Stockholm, Sweden.[7] Later,</text>
<text x="0" y="557466">Cortina d'Ampezzo was awarded the 1956</text>
<text x="0" y="571866">Games, and Lake Placidâ”which had</text>
<text x="0" y="586266">hosted the 1932 Winter Olympicsâ”was</text>
<text x="0" y="600666">chosen to host the 1980 Winter Games.</text>
<text x="0" y="615066">Norway became the first Scandinavian</text>
<text x="0" y="629466">country to host a Winter Olympics,[2] and</text>
<text x="0" y="643866">the 1952 Winter Games were the first to be</text>
<text x="0" y="658266">held in a nation's capital.[1]</text>
<text x="0" y="672666">A special committee was assigned</text>
<text x="0" y="687066">to organize the 1952 Games, which</text>
<text x="0" y="701466">consisted of four Norwegian sports</text>
<text x="0" y="715866">officials and four representatives from</text>
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<text x="0" y="10266">the municipality of Oslo, including mayor</text>
<text x="0" y="24666">Brynjulf Bull.[7] The committee was in</text>
<text x="0" y="39066">place by December 1947.[9] The city</text>
<text x="0" y="53466">of Oslo funded the Games entirely, in</text>
<text x="0" y="67866">exchange for keeping all the revenue</text>
<text x="0" y="82266">generated.[10] To accommodate the</text>
<text x="0" y="96666">influx of athletes and coaches, quarters</text>
<text x="0" y="111066">for competitors and support staff were</text>
<text x="0" y="125466">designed and constructed, with three</text>
<text x="0" y="139866">new facilities (forerunners of the athlete's</text>
<text x="0" y="154266">villages of later Games) built.[11] The</text>
<text x="0" y="168666">city of Oslo paid to have a new hotel</text>
<text x="0" y="183066">constructed, the Viking, used for IOC</text>
<text x="0" y="197466">delegates, out-of-town dignitaries, and</text>
<text x="0" y="211866">as the communication hub of the Games.</text>
<text x="0" y="226266">[12][13] For the first time in a Winter</text>
<text x="0" y="240666">Games, an indoor ice hockey arena was</text>
<text x="0" y="255066">constructed, which hosted the eight-team</text>
<text x="0" y="269466">tournament.[14][15] Oslo's existing central</text>
<text x="0" y="283866">arena, Bislett Stadion, was used for the</text>
<text x="0" y="298266">opening and closing ceremonies, and</text>
<text x="0" y="312666">for speed skating events. Improvements</text>
<text x="0" y="327066">to the arena included better sound and</text>
<text x="0" y="341466">lighting systems, remodeled club house</text>
<text x="0" y="355866">and press rooms, and the addition of a</text>
<text x="0" y="370266">medical center.[16]</text>
<text x="0" y="384666">In the aftermath of the German occupation</text>
<text x="0" y="399066">of Norway during World War II, anti-</text>
<text x="0" y="413466">German sentiment began to affect</text>
<text x="0" y="427866">preparations for the 1952 Olympics.</text>
<text x="0" y="442266">[17] Discussions were held to consider</text>
<text x="0" y="456666">whether Germany should be allowed</text>
<text x="0" y="471066">to participate in the Games.[18] When</text>
<text x="0" y="485466">in 1950, the West German Olympic</text>
<text x="0" y="499866">Committee requested recognition by the</text>
<text x="0" y="514266">IOC, it raised the question of whether</text>
<text x="0" y="528666">their participation would cause political</text>
<text x="0" y="543066">boycotts in the upcoming Games.[19] Once</text>
<text x="0" y="557466">the IOC recognized the West German</text>
<text x="0" y="571866">Olympic Committee, West Germany</text>
<text x="0" y="586266">was then formally invited to compete</text>
<text x="0" y="600666">at the 1952 Winter Games.[20] East</text>
<text x="0" y="615066">Germany was invited to participate with</text>
<text x="0" y="629466">West Germany, as a unified team, but</text>
<text x="0" y="643866">they declined.[21] At first Norway was</text>
<text x="0" y="658266">reluctant to welcome German athletes</text>
<text x="0" y="672666">and others considered Nazi sympathizers.</text>
<text x="0" y="687066">For example, Norwegian speed skater</text>
<text x="0" y="701466">Finn Hodt was not allowed to compete</text>
<text x="0" y="715866">in the Norwegian speed skating team</text>
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<text x="0" y="10266">because he collaborated with the Nazis</text>
<text x="0" y="24666">during the war. Eventually, despite the</text>
<text x="0" y="39066">concern, Norway agreed to allow German</text>
<text x="0" y="53466">and Japanese athletes to compete.[18]</text>
<text x="0" y="67866">The Soviet Union sent no athletes to Oslo,</text>
<text x="0" y="82266">despite being recognized by the IOC.</text>
<text x="0" y="96666">They had intended to enter a team in the</text>
<text x="0" y="111066">ice hockey tournament, but applied too</text>
<text x="0" y="125466">late to join the International Ice Hockey</text>
<text x="0" y="139866">Federation.[22][23]</text>
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