[xep-support] possible to create a table title that has "continued" at the end after a page/column wrap?

[David Tolpin]

>> Because table markers change the size of the table's header after  
>> the  header is measured. And after the header is modified, the  
>> marker's  anchor may have to go to the next page; this is similar  
>> to, but more  complex than, footnotes due to interaction with floats.
>
> Well, can't you measure the header after the marker content is  
> retrieved?

One who will implement it, will have to; and then reformat the  
table's content to find out whether the anchor still fits -- for  
every anchor; or impose restrictions on floats' interaction tables.

> No, but I would like to generate a statement with sub totals  
> carried across pages. I'm sure there is a solution to this problem.  
> Perhaps it doesn't fit well into traditional layout algorithms, so  
> it is a opportunity to develop a new one ;)

XEP does not have a single traditional layout algorithm simply  
because I knew very little about them when I started. The problem is  
not whether it is possible to provide a markup convenient for  
rendering table subtotals; the problem is that the way it is  
specified in XSL 1.1 is a disaster. A disaster that imposes a very  
limited choice on the implementer:

    - introduce restrictions and deviation from the specification  
into the implementation to provide the feature and still keep the  
software reliable
   - adhere to the recommendation and trap the user in border cases.

David

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