Re: [xep-support] sticky block

Thanks, that works. I thought we might have discussed this before, but I
couldn't find any record of it.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tolpin" <dvd@davidashen.net>
To: <xep-support@renderx.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: [xep-support] sticky block

> Hi Bob,
>
> put an empty leader into the the empty block container.
>
> <fo:block-container><fo:leader leader-length="0pt"/></fo:block-container>
>
> This will get the result you want. We discussed this in
> the past, and it is the price for efficient handling of
> keep conditions on block boundaries.
>
> David
>
> Bob Stayton:
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > I'm encountering a strange problem where one block gets "stuck" to the
block
> > that follows it, even though there is no keep relationship between them.
> > I'm using an empty block-container of a certain size to test for space
on
> > the page, and then I backspace up (using a negative space-before) to the
top
> > of the block-container to output my text in a block that overlays it.
If
> > the block-container doesn't fit, then the page breaks and the content
starts
> > on the next page. If the block fits, then no page break and it
continues on
> > its way. It is a kind of conditional page break.
> >
> > It seems to work fine, except in XEP (3.8 and 4.0) the block that
*precedes*
> > the test gets carried over to the next page as well. I can't see any
> > connection between that block and my other blocks, so I don't understand
> > what is going on and how I can prevent it. I don't have this problem in
> > another leading XSL-FO processor.
> >
> > You'll probably need to see a sample, so just tell me where to send it.
> >
> > Bob Stayton
> > Sagehill Enterprises
> > DocBook Consulting
> > bobs@sagehill.net
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Wed Nov 17 15:36:19 2004