[xep-support] vertical line between columns

[G. Ken Holman]

At 2007-12-18 12:56 -0500, Jerry Janofsky wrote:
>This I think is a simple XSL-FO question and doesn't have much to do 
>with XEP specifically. However, I'd appreciate it if you can tell me 
>if this can be done.
>
>I am using a 3 column layout in my fo:region-body. "<fo:region-body 
>column-count="3">"  . I would like to have a vertical line separator 
>between the columns. Is this possible?

When I've needed to do this for a two-column page, I've drawn a very 
short vertical line, centred it in the horizontal direction, and 
repeated it in the Y-direction.

Here is a snippet from our FO book and course material:

     <region-body region-name="frame-body"
                  column-count="2" column-gap=".5cm"
                  background-position-horizontal="center"
                  background-repeat="repeat-y"
                  background-image='url("vertical-line.bmp")'/>

So for a three-column page, draw a short graphic with two vertical 
lines positioning them in the gaps and use the above properties.

I hope this helps.

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


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