Re: DOCBOOK: ImageData does not allow floating image

[Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:30:36PM -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
> / Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> was heard to say:
> | Folks,
> | 
> | ImageData enumerates the Align attribute to be one of "Left", "Right",
> | and "Center".
> 
> The align attribute on imagedata (and friends) refers to the alignment
> of the image. Align="right" puts the image on the right side of the
> current container.
> 
> | It's feasible that an author might want both types of image in the same
> | document.
> 
> If align="right" puts it on the right and align="left" puts it on the
> left, what other alignment do you need?

"Align it to the left, and flow other content around its right hand
side"?

As I say, it's the difference between

    <p align="left"><img ...> Some text</p>

and

    <p><img align="left"> Some text</p>

Yes, this is a stylesheet issue, but you still need some way of
communicating to the stylesheet the preferred approach, on a per image
basis.

N
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