RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: Re: Request for ORIENT attribute in fo

[David Cramer <dcramer@broadjump.com>]

I experimented a while back with setting the reference-orientation on
fo:block-container (with absolute-position set to 'fixed', as XEP
requires), but noticed that if the table was longer than the width of
the page it was cropped. RenderX's support suggested starting a new page
sequence. I can see where that would be difficult, however. Does your
fix handle tables that extend beyond the width of the page? That'd be
very nice to have.

Thanks,
David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com]

> I added support for this by making the reference-orientation of the
> block that contains the table landscape. This will work if your FO
> processor understands it.
> 
> Changing the page sequence in mid-stream (potentially in the middle of
> a paragraph) is tricky and I don't think it's the right
> answer--there's nothing that says your landscape table has to be on a
> different page.