[xep-support] landscape tables <FAO: Ken>

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2004-08-18 10:26 +0100, Parr, Christopher wrote:
>Just to make sure I understand how to use the PSMI way correctly:
>
>I run may process as I did, however each time I need to go to landscape I
>enclose the table in the following way to produce a '.psmi' file:
>
><create normal FO output>
><create normal FO output>
><create normal FO output>
>
><psmi:page-sequence master-reference="frame-landbody">
>
>         <fo:table with whatever attributes>
>                 <table contents fo>
>                 :
>                 :
>                 <table contents fo>
>         </fo:table>
>
></psmi:page-sequence>
>
><more normal FO output>
><more normal FO output>
><more normal FO output>
>
>I then take the above created .psmi file and run 'psmi.xsl' over it which
>will replace the psmi tags with the correct FO for making the page
>landscape, and then produce the PDF document from that file.

Precisely ... where "frame-landbody" (or whatever name you choose) points 
to your portrait page geometry with a rotated body region.

Note that <psmi:page-sequence> does have to be at the top of the flow ... 
as a child of <fo:flow> because I have to parcel out the top-level 
constructs into different page sequences and you can't parcel out the 
semantic if it is embedded in another construct.  This parcelling is the 
benefit provided by the stylesheet, so people don't have to write the 
semantic themselves.

I hope this helps, and that your 22-month-old daughter will always have 
precedence over your work!  Congratulations!

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

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