AW: stacking

Hi Fabio,

I tried this possibility too. But the header will be repeated on every page
(see attachment). Static content is repeated on every page in a
page-sequence element, this conforms to the specs. 
Anyhow, i would prefer a 'clean' solution without any tricks. This is an
every day problem in formatting and to solve it should be (relative) easy.

Meanwhile i reread the specs and found that blocks generate block-areas
while block-containers do not, they generate viewport/reference ports.
Stacking rules apply only to block-areas.

What do you think about the idea "block-container in a block" (even though
fop cannot cope with this)? Then those blocks could be properly stacked.

regards
dariusch

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Giannetti, Fabio [mailto:Fabio_Giannetti@hplb.hpl.hp.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2001 16:34
> An: 'www-xsl-fo@w3c.org'
> Betreff: RE: stacking
> 
> 
> Hi Dariusch,
> 	why don't you try to generate a sequence with a 
> different first page
> and put the address in the header.
> I try to better explain the idea ... with some ASCII art ...
> 
> |---------------|
> |   (header)    |
> |               |
> |address        |
> |---------------|
> |text           |
> |   (body)      |
> |               |
> 
> In this way you don't have to specify any space before 
> because the rendering
> is inside separate areas, a static one (the header) and a 
> flow one (the
> body). The second page (that can be repeated) will not 
> contain the address
> 
> |---------------|
> |   (header)    |
> |               |
> |---------------|
> |flowed text    |
> |   (body)      |
> |               |
> 
> Hope this will help .... Fabio
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dariusch Bagheri [mailto:Dariusch.Bagheri@gwi-ag.com]
> > Sent: 10 October 2001 12:38
> > To: 'www-xsl-fo@w3c.org'
> > Subject: AW: stacking
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Fabio,
> > 
> > your solution works on the first page but the text will have a
> > space-before="4.1cm" on every new page! Multiply the lines in 
> > the block and
> > you will see. 
> > 
> > I experimented with different attributes but couldn't get 
> it right. I
> > finally came across the possibility of putting the 
> > block-container into the
> > block and leaving the rest to the rendering process, which, 
> > as i thought,
> > would apply the stacking strategies mentioned in "4.2.5 Stacking
> > Constraints" (XSL Ver. 1, 28.8.2001). But fop quits the 
> > process with errors
> > and i am not sure, wether this is a bug or my 
> > misinterpretation of the xsl
> > specs.
> > 
> > regards
> > dariusch
> >  
>