Re[2]: [xep-support] fo:float alignment

From: Alexander Peshkov (peshkov@renderx.com)
Date: Fri Nov 14 2003 - 01:37:31 PST

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    Hello Steve,

    If you provide you float with positive margin-bottom of the same size
    as the negative margin-top, float overlapping would not create such
    an annoying effect.

    Best regards,
    Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    RenderX

    FS> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, and at first it looked like it
    FS> worked. But, when a float is long enough to go past the anchor for the
    FS> following float, it pushes the next one down the page. When a negative
    FS> margin is used, the second float ends up overlapping the first one, so the
    FS> text is all jumbled together. Is there anything else we could do? Also, is
    FS> there any plan to change the floats to anchor to the top of the text,
    FS> rather than the baseline, in a future version of XEP?

    FS> -----Original Message-----
    FS> From: Alexander Peshkov [mailto:peshkov@renderx.com]
    FS> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 5:11 AM
    FS> To: Fusti, Steve
    FS> Subject: Re: [xep-support] fo:float alignment

    FS> Hello Steve,

    FS> This is because float is aligned with respect to its anchor and
    FS> in the current version of XEP floats anchor corresponds to the
    FS> baseline of the text. The only workaround I can think of is to use
    FS> negative margin/padding in your float, but it's applicable only if
    FS> you have free space above it (i.e. if it's a marginalia).

    FS> Best regards,
    FS> Alexander Peshkov mailto:peshkov@renderx.com
    FS> RenderX

    FS>> Hi,

    FS>> I am using fo:floats in my document, but when they appear in the pdf
    FS>> output, they appear one line lower than where the float was called in
    FS> the
    FS>> document. We are using symbols/numbers to mark the text, and the same
    FS>> symbol/number appears at the beginning of the applicable float. We
    FS> would
    FS>> like these symbols to be aligned on the same line - is this possible?
    FS>> Thanks!

    FS>> Steve

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