[xep-support] Creating inline areas with zero width

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2006-06-14 19:25 +0200, Jirka Kosek wrote:
>Janean Angeles wrote:
>>I'm not sure if this is the 'best' way of doing this, but it worked for me.
>>Try applying a negative padding-left to the 2nd 
>>value.  Taking your fo and altering it like this:
>><fo:block>
>>         A<fo:inline baseline-shift="super" 
>> inline-progression-dimension="0pt">X</fo:inline><fo:inline 
>> baseline-shift="sub" padding-left="-8pt">Y</fo:inline>
>>         </fo:block>
>>This technique worked in my test.  You may 
>>still have to play with the padding variable to 
>>get them right (due to font differences), but it's something to start with...
>
>Yes, negative spaces are solution, but only in a 
>case when you know the exact size of overlapping 
>content. My problem is, that instead of single 
>letter "X" I must cope with arbitrary content of unknown width.

I understand that <inline-container> is not 
supported in XEP, but I believe the pure XSL-FO 
answer to your question is the following code 
fragment, which I've tested as working in another processor.

I hope this helps understand what is available in the specification.

. . . . . . . . . Ken

<flow flow-name="frame-body" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">

   <block text-align="justify" font-size="20pt">
     ZZ<inline-container font-size="10pt"
                         alignment-baseline="after-edge">
     <table>
       <table-body>
         <table-row>
           <table-cell><block>X</block></table-cell>
         </table-row>
         <table-row>
           <table-cell><block>Y</block></table-cell>
         </table-row>
       </table-body>
     </table></inline-container>ZZ
   </block>

</flow>


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