Re: [docbook-apps] Titlepage customization: Align legalnotice at bottom of page?

[danmauer <dan.mauer@gmail.com>]

Thanks to both of you, I'll give each method a try and see what works best
for me.


Bob Stayton wrote:
> 
> The footnote method can work, but it requires turning off the footnote
> separator rule for the titlepage masters.  Actually, there is a third
> method in XSL-FO.  An fo:block-container can be positioned absolutely on
> the page, even in FOP. The "bottom" property sets a distrance of that
> block from the bottom.
> 
> <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute" bottom="2cm">
>   <fo:block>Content here</fo:block>
> </fo:block-container>
> 
> With no other properties, the block will assume the width of the page,
> with a height matching the content. The only danger with absolute
> positioning is that if the content above it extends downward too far, they
> can overlap.
> 
> I don't know of a way to specify a fo:block-container in the titlepage
> spec file, though. You'll need to specify a named template, and put this
> code in the named template.  Let me know if you need further details.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Paul Tremblay 
>   To: danmauer 
>   Cc: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org 
>   Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:43 AM
>   Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Titlepage customization: Align legalnotice
> at bottom of page?
> 
> 
>   As far as I know, no. Your two options are:
> 
>   1. Put the legal notice in a footer(fo:static-content)
>   2. Just keep using the <fo:block space-before = "xin" until you get your
> desired result. 
> 
>   Maybe there is a way to use a maximum property with a
> keep-together.within.page. I've never tried this. 
> 
>   Paul
> 
> 
>   On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:02 AM, danmauer <dan.mauer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I've customized my fo-output title page by modifying the 'article'
> template
>     in titlepage.templates.xml, removing some elements I don't want to
> appear,
>     and so on.
> 
>     Spacing the elements relative to one another is pretty trivial (using
>     space-before and space-after properties).  What I can't seem to figure
> out
>     is how to align one or more elements at the bottom of the page.  In
> this
>     case, I specifically want the <legalnotice> element to appear at the
> very
>     bottom of the main content area.
> 
>     Is there a straightforward way to accomplish this?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     -dan
> 
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