[xep-support] A few questions from a newbie

[Alexander Peshkov]

Hello Marcus,

MB> Hi all!
 
MB> A few questions:
 
MB> 1. Is it possible to force the start of a new column, i.e. the
MB> rest of the content is moved to the next column.  (Not in a table
MB> but in a page with several columns)?  
MB> If so, how?

Well, there is no special means for such a flow control in XSL FO.
That kind of effect you want to achieve? I think the only thing that
probably could be of some use is a "keep-together.within-column"
property. If you have <fo:block> with keep-together.within-column="always"
constraint then it will be always moved to the next column if current
one has not enough space to accommodate all of it's contents.

MB> 2. How can I force a rowbreak, comparable to HTML <br>?

This kind of abstraction is not directly applicable to XSL FO. The
best (and natural for XSL FO) way to separate paragraphs of text is to
wrap them in <fo:block> elements. In this case every paragraph will
start from a new line. If you just want to add some spacing between
text blocks consider use of space-before/after properties.
The most "brutal" way to "emulate" HTML <br> is to use a construction
like this one:
  <fo:block><fo:leader/></fo:block>
This is a non-empty but invisible block, which will force following
text to start from a new line.

MB> Thanks!
 
MB> /Marcus

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RenderX


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