[xep-support] footnotes within the same table-row

[Rutten, Henk]

Using XEP 4.13 and set FOOTNOTE_REORDERING=true resolved my problem.
Many thanks for all your help!

kind regards

Henk Rutten 

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: owner-xep-support at renderx.com
[mailto:owner-xep-support at renderx.com] Namens Rudolf P. Weinmann
Verzonden: dinsdag 14 oktober 2008 8:37
Aan: xep-support at renderx.com
Onderwerp: Re: [xep-support] footnotes within the same table-row

>Yes, this is a known issue in XEP.
>
>And the problem is serious.
>
>The main part of the problem is that document-order and display-order 
>of footnotes in table rows are not the same.
>
>(Imagine the two-column table with a single row and 2 footnotes, each 
>table cell contains its own footnote. And the first-column footnote is 
>at the end of the cell while the second-column footnote is at the 
>beginning of the corresponding cell.)
>
>And there is no a formal rule to resolve this inconsistence.
>
>The current implementation of XEP places anchors of footnotes according

>to their display-order. And one of the reasons for that is clear: 
>anchor from "the earlier" column may be placed on the next page.
>Another reason is "circular" processing of table cells within a table 
>row. (XEP processes table cells in such a way, because a table rows is 
>rather special element in XSL-FO).
>
>
>I know that the most simple case where XEP puts footnotes in reverse 
>document-order is the following: a table row with a single-line text in

>each cell. And I admit that the document-order and dispaly-order are 
>the same in this case.
>
>If the order of footnotes is important, you may set this order on XSLT 
>level.
>
>Here is the idea:
>1. Put all footnotes into the first table cell. These footnotes should 
>be "fake" ("fake" is a footnote that has an empty inline) 2. All 
>footnotes within a table row should have only anchors (i.e. only inline

>part, footnote-body is empty).
>3. Put keep-together on each table cell within a row (I'm not sure, but

>put keep-together on the whole row also). It will ensure the correct 
>displaying of footnotes when a row breaks the page.
>
>The only drawback of this solution I can think of is too high table 
>rows (more than page-height).
>
>Here is a code snippet of the idea on XSLT:
>...
><xsl:template match="fo:table-row/fo:table-cell[1] | 
>fo:table-cell[@starts-row="true"]">
>   <fo:table-cell>
>     <!-- apply all attributes here -->
>     <!-- ... -->
>     <!-- create fake footnotes -->
>     // for each footnote within this row
>     <xsl:for-each select="..//fo:footnote"> <!-- need to be adjusted 
>for table cells with @starts-row -->
>       <fo:footnote>
>         <fo:inline/>
>         <!-- put a footnote body here -->
>       </fo:footnote>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>     <!-- the rest of ordinary cell staff here -->
>   </fo:table-cell>
></xsl:template>
>
><xsl:template match="fo:table-row//fo:footnote">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="fo:inline"/>
>   <!-- make the empty body -->
>   <fo:footnote-body/>
></xsl:template>
>...
>
>I don't test it! :)
>
>With best regards,
>   Alexei Gagarinov
>RenderX

>"The issue with wrong order of footnotes is fixed in 4.12 and requires 
>FOOTNOTE_REORDERING=true core option, which is off by default."
>
>If you are not setting this option in xep.xml, you are not seeing the 
>behavior.
>
>
>Kevin Brown
>Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing RenderX, Inc.


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