RE: [docbook-apps] Balanced last page in two column output

["Dick Hamilton" <rlhamilton@frii.com>]

David,

Thanks for the pointer; I'll take a look and if I come up with
something useful for the list, I'll post it.

Dick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Cramer [mailto:dcramer@motive.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:18 PM
> To: Dick Hamilton; docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Balanced last page in two column output
> 
> 
> I haven't tried this or looked into how you'd do it in the 
> docbook xsls
> (or if it would work in fop), but I happened to remember that Ken has
> posted this on the xep list, so it was easy for me to find again:
> http://www.renderx.net/lists/xep-support/1119.html 
> 
> If you get it to work, please share the solution. It stuck in my mind
> because a writer had asked about it wrt to our two column indexes. I
> think it would be good default behavior for the stylesheets.
> 
> Thanks,
> David 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dick Hamilton [mailto:rlhamilton@frii.com] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:25 PM
> > To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: [docbook-apps] Balanced last page in two column output
> > 
> > I'm working on a stylesheet to transform a DocBook article 
> > into the form the ACM uses for its SIG proceedings.  The 
> > specification uses a two-column format and says, "Columns on 
> > the last page should be made as close as possible to equal length."
> > 
> > After searching around some, I couldn't find any good 
> > references on how to do this.  Does anyone know if it can be 
> > done, and if so, how to do it?
> > 
> > If it makes any difference, I'm using DocBook 5.0, the 1.73.0 
> > stylesheets, Saxon 6.5.3, and FOP 0.93 on Linux. 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Dick Hamilton
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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