[xep-support] column index in rx:flow-section

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2003-04-09 10:47 +0100, Thonger, Ewan wrote:
>When using an rx:flow-section, is there any XSLT variable or function
>available to determine when a new column has been started? Failing that, is
>there any variable or function to return the current column?

XSLT happens long before XSL-FO happens.  The XSL architecture specifies 
transformation to be arms-length from formatting.  Transformation cannot 
act on the result of formatting in XSL-FO.  The relationship between 
transformation and formatting burdens the transformation process with 
providing contingencies from which the formatter chooses based on the 
situation in which it finds itself.  This revelation was important to 
another quester on another XSL-FO list yesterday.

I hope this helps, though I concede it isn't what you are looking for.

................. Ken

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