[xep-support] change of page sequence in a flow?

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2005-10-17 10:53 -0400, Dan Ochs wrote:
>hi, I have an issue where I am in the middle of a two column flow, but
>then need to show an image that has a different page sequence (the
>image has to go on single-sided 11x17, where the rest of the pages are
>on a double-sided  8.5 x 11 flow).  The images can be arbitrarily
>inserted in the normal pages.
>
><para>Some paragraph text that is in the two column flow at 8.5 x 11</para>
><para><foldout>This has to go on the following page as 11x17</foldout></para>
><para>More paragraph text that is in the two column flow at 8.5 x 11</para>
>
>My problem is that my resulting FO looks something like this:
><fo:page-sequence>
>    <fo:flow name="">
>       <fo:block>Some paragraph text that is in the two column flow at
>8.5 x 11</fo:block>
>       <fo:block>
>          <fo:page-sequence>
>             <fo:flow>This has to go on the following page as 11x17</fo:flow>
>          </fo:page-sequence>
>       </fo:block>
>       <fo:block>More paragraph text that is in the two column flow at
>8.5 x 11</fo:block>
>    </fo:flow>
></fo:page-sequence>
>
>
>Do you know of a way to do this within the FO spec or a renderX extension?

The Page Sequence Master Interleave (PSMI) semantic was created for 
this need to, while inside the flow, trigger a change in page masters.

Go to our home page below, from the right hand margin select "Free 
resources", then "XSL-FO Resources", then "PSMI - interleaving page 
geometries" and you'll find documentation and an XSLT stylesheet 
implementing the semantic.  I don't publish the direct URL in my 
public postings in case the location of the file in my file system 
changes and the archives then point to a dead link.

You write your stylesheet such that <para> puts out <block> and 
<para><foldout> puts out <psmi:page-sequence>, thus creating an 
XSL-FO+PSMI result instance.  My stylesheet converts that to a pure 
XSL-FO instance, creating as many sibling page-sequence elements as 
is required.  You then format the pure XSL-FO instance.

I hope you find this helpful.

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

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