Re: [docbook] Floats in DocBook 5.0

[Richard Hamilton <rlhamilton@frii.com>]

You're right; I found that property in renderx, and I'll bet Antenna
House has it, too.  Thanks for the pointer.

Dick Hamilton
http://rlhamilton.net

On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 20:06 +0100, Stephen Taylor wrote:
> I believe you want the float-styles "inside" and "outside" supported
> for certain FO processors only.
> 
> SJT
> 
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> 2008/8/22 Richard Hamilton <rlhamilton@frii.com>
>         As a related follow up, does anyone know of a way to cause an
>         "outside"
>         float?  I.e., a float that would be on the right on a recto
>         page and on
>         the left on a verso page?  I suspect it's difficult or
>         impossible to do
>         this automatically in the stylesheets, since there seems to be
>         no way to
>         know until the fo processing whether any particular text is on
>         a verso
>         or recto page, but I'd like to be proven wrong:-).
>         
>         Dick Hamilton
>         http://rlhamilton.net
>         
>         On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 09:35 -0700, Bob Stayton wrote:
>         > 
>         
>         > Hi Stephen,
>         > Well, the DocBook schema currently doesn't allow floatstyle
>         on
>         > sidebar.  It seems that it should, but it was never added.
>          So the
>         > semantics still require processing instructions, as
>         described here:
>         >
>         > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SideFloats.html
>         >
>         > Bob Stayton
>         > Sagehill Enterprises
>         > bobs@sagehill.net
>         >
>         >
>         >         ----- Original Message -----
>         >         From: Stephen Taylor
>         >         To: docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
>         >         Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:33 AM
>         >         Subject: [docbook] Floats in DocBook 5.0
>         >
>         >
>         >         What are the recommended semantics for floats in V5?
>         >
>         >         I see email traffic pre-V5 about deprecating the
>         "float"
>         >         attribute in favour of "floatstyle". So, for
>         example, where my
>         >         customisation layer floats sidebars on the left by
>         default,
>         >         using the sidebar.float.type parameter, to float an
>         individual
>         >         sidebar on the right, the following?
>         >
>         >         <sidebar floatstyle="right">
>         >           <title>Sidebar example</title>
>         >           <para>A sidebar can be used to emphasise…</para>
>         >         </sidebar>
>         >
>         >         If the answer is Yes, I'd be grateful for
>         suggestions as to
>         >         why the above sidebar floats on the left with the
>         others.
>         >
>         >         Best
>         >         Stephen Taylor
>         >
>         
>         
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