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Re: Images and XSL FO
Paul Grosso writes:
> Correct. The theory of floats is complex (anyone familiar with the
> details of TeX's inserts and such, as I know Sebastian is, can
> appreciate this, and what TeX does with floats is less than half
> of the actual complexity), and the XSL WG decided we'd never get
> the XSL spec out if we didn't make some simplifying assumptions
> in this area (the other alternative was to leave vertical floats
> out of XSL 1.0 altogether, and we didn't want to do that). So we
> allowed for top floats only (and footnotes, but via the fo:footnote
> FO) in XSL 1.0.
I would have much preferred it if you had not been specific about
*top floats*, but said simply that they floated somewhere else,
details to be left to the formatter. No matter. I will assume that if
PassiveTeX's floats end up at the bottom of the page, no-one will
actually sue me.
Now to see if I can make "side floats" work....
Sebastian
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