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Re: ImageData does not allow floating image
- To: Norman Walsh <ndw at nwalsh dot com>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: ImageData does not allow floating image
- From: Nik Clayton <nik at nothing-going-on dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 06:29:15 +0000
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Organization: Nik at home, where there's nothing going on
- References: <20010222173829.B42327@canyon.nothing-going-on.org><874rxl9m6r.fsf@nwalsh.com>
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:30:36PM -0500, Norman Walsh wrote:
> / Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> was heard to say:
> | Folks,
> |
> | ImageData enumerates the Align attribute to be one of "Left", "Right",
> | and "Center".
>
> The align attribute on imagedata (and friends) refers to the alignment
> of the image. Align="right" puts the image on the right side of the
> current container.
>
> | It's feasible that an author might want both types of image in the same
> | document.
>
> If align="right" puts it on the right and align="left" puts it on the
> left, what other alignment do you need?
"Align it to the left, and flow other content around its right hand
side"?
As I say, it's the difference between
<p align="left"><img ...> Some text</p>
and
<p><img align="left"> Some text</p>
Yes, this is a stylesheet issue, but you still need some way of
communicating to the stylesheet the preferred approach, on a per image
basis.
N
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