- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:51:24 +0000
- To: liam@w3.org
- Cc: xsl-editors@w3.org
Thanks for the reply Liam et al. 2010/1/14 Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 01:39:01PM +0100, Dave Pawson wrote: >> 2009-10-09T09:52:33Z >> Comments on http://www.w3.org/TR/xslfo20/ >> Author: Dave Pawson. >> Comments to xsl-editors@w3.org >> 2.2.1.3 "distance" >> Perhaps better named as 'dimension', since that is how it is >> described? Even when it is a percentage this makes more sense. > > We'll consider it; note that the property is not naming a dimension, > but is giving a distance between two points. >From my tech drawing days, the distance between two points was a dimension? >> 3.2.6 Spanning cell over all row and columns >> Zero as a value seems to be a case of seeing a bad example and >> following it? 'all' seems far more practical and intuitive. The >> terminology for properties is becoming depressingly obtuse. > > Thank you - we agree with you. Unfortunately, HTML already uses zero > for this purpose; for now, we have noted this as an open issue for > the next publication of our draft. As I said, see a bad example and follow it! Hope to see it changed in the next draft. > >> 3.4.1 fo:spread-page-master >> Very welcome! >> >> 3.5 Bleeds and Trim >> More weak, old fashioned terminology? It may be accurate and >> appropriate for a typographer and setter. Is it appropriate for >> the user of this specification? IMHO - no. > > We do have requirements to support bleed and trim, coming from > people doing that old-fashioned paper stuff :-) The terms > are standard in the industry and very much in use today. Or > are we misunderstanding you? "The industry" and a W3C rec are not the same thing. I see no reason to assume every user of xsl-fo is an ex type-setter? At least give us a glossary of 'old fashioned' terms to something more modern? Even if it requires a graphic to explain it. >> 7. Images. >> Ability to centre an image vertically on a page. Here or earlier? >> I.e. Leave a header and an image as an odd page decoration or to >> break some sort of page sequence > Wouldnt you do this in the page master? Just so long as I can do it... though generating a special page master just for such an odd page seems.... odd? > >> 7.4. Callouts >> yes please! 'Ensure positioning, so I can label aunt Izabel and >> uncle Joe. > > Ah, 6.1.2. Yes, we don't have a good solution for this yet, beyond > an SVG overlay. x=horizontal offset from top-left of graphic y=vert offset from top-left of graphic? docbook has a solution, where the co xml:id='n' generates the location of the callout text. Unsure if this would meet your needs. > > Thank you for taking the time to view our draft! > > The XSL-FO Subgroup. Welcome, and good luck. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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