RE: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] Floats -> SideBar does not work in left or right float

["David Cramer (Tech Pubs)" <dcramer@motive.com>]

I should say "if I have a sidebar rendered as a float" (<?dbfo
float-type="left"?> or <?dbfo float-type="right"?>). With float-type of
'none', the sidebar content appears.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Cramer (Tech Pubs) 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:52 PM
> To: Bob Stayton; DocBook Apps; martinsig
> Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] Floats -> SideBar 
> does not work in left or right float
> 
> Speaking of sidebars...using XEP 4.6, if I have a sidebar 
> that would extend past a page break, the sidebar disappears 
> leaving a page break/lots of empty space. I tried adding 
> <xsl:attribute 
> name="keep-together.within-column">auto</xsl:attribute> to 
> sidebar.properties, but it didn't help. Is this a known 
> limitation or is there something I can do to work around it? 
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Stayton [mailto:bobs@sagehill.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:51 AM
> > To: DocBook Apps; martinsig
> > Subject: [docbook-apps] Re: [docbook] Floats -> SideBar 
> does not work 
> > in left or right float
> > 
> > [I'm moving this over to the docbook-apps mailing list where such 
> > issues are discussed]
> > 
> > Hi Martin,
> > My book describes how to do side floats using sidebar.  I 
> have to ask 
> > which XSL-FO processor you are using, though.
> > FOP does not support floats.
> > 
> > http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/SideFloats.html
> > 
> > Bob Stayton
> > Sagehill Enterprises
> > DocBook Consulting
> > bobs@sagehill.net
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "martinsig" <martinsig@web.de>
> > To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:05 AM
> > Subject: [docbook] Floats -> SideBar does not work in left or right 
> > float
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'v got some sidebars in my docBook document. Now I try to
> > transformate
> > > it
> > > to pdf. It works well with not left or right argument. The
> > sidebar is
> > > placed
> > > in the middle. The result should be some boxes with on the
> > left outer
> > > side.
> > > But if I set the left or right the sidebar is not in the pdf....
> > >
> > > Should the master page layout have a special layout? I set
> > it to the
> > > A4 ->
> > > are there any Region-start and Region-end?
> > > -> page.margin.outer, mage.magin.inner ???
> > >
> > > Thank you a lot of :-)
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > > Martin
> > > --
> > > View this message in context: 
> > > 
> > http://www.nabble.com/Floats--%3E-SideBar-does-not-work-in-lef
> t-or-right-float-tf3644075.html#a10176989
> > > Sent from the docbook General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> > >
> > >
> > > 
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