David, Thanks for the pointer; I'll take a look and if I come up with something useful for the list, I'll post it.
Dick > -----Original Message----- > From: David Cramer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:18 PM > To: Dick Hamilton; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [docbook-apps] Balanced last page in two column output > > > I haven't tried this or looked into how you'd do it in the > docbook xsls > (or if it would work in fop), but I happened to remember that Ken has > posted this on the xep list, so it was easy for me to find again: > http://www.renderx.net/lists/xep-support/1119.html > > If you get it to work, please share the solution. It stuck in my mind > because a writer had asked about it wrt to our two column indexes. I > think it would be good default behavior for the stylesheets. > > Thanks, > David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dick Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 7:25 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [docbook-apps] Balanced last page in two column output > > > > I'm working on a stylesheet to transform a DocBook article > > into the form the ACM uses for its SIG proceedings. The > > specification uses a two-column format and says, "Columns on > > the last page should be made as close as possible to equal length." > > > > After searching around some, I couldn't find any good > > references on how to do this. Does anyone know if it can be > > done, and if so, how to do it? > > > > If it makes any difference, I'm using DocBook 5.0, the 1.73.0 > > stylesheets, Saxon 6.5.3, and FOP 0.93 on Linux. > > > > Thanks, > > Dick Hamilton > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
