Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-09 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 09 Mar 2011, at 00:04, Vincent Hennebert wrote: snip / Why?? Where in the spec is that interpretation of the term ‘reference-area’ given? OTOH, in Section 4.2.2: “An area for which [the is-reference-area] trait is true is called a reference-area.” Arrghh, too liberal interpretation

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-09 Thread Vincent Hennebert
On 09/03/11 17:34, Andreas Delmelle wrote: On 09 Mar 2011, at 00:04, Vincent Hennebert wrote: snip/ The before-edge of the region-viewport-area (V) This is ambiguous. Of which rectangle of the region-viewport-area? The edge is not the same whether we are talking about the

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-08 Thread Vincent Hennebert
On 07/03/11 23:57, Andreas Delmelle wrote: On 04 Mar 2011, at 12:25, Vincent Hennebert wrote: On 03/03/11 20:18, Andreas Delmelle wrote: Let's assume that this refers to the default/normal situation. After all, we are quoting the _general_ fo:region-before definition (= where no

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-08 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 08 Mar 2011, at 21:26, Vincent Hennebert wrote: A viewport-area /is/ a reference-area. See section 4.2.2. I think we're almost there. From that section: A common construct is a viewport/reference pair. This is a viewport-area V and a block-area reference-area R, where R is the sole

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-08 Thread Vincent Hennebert
On 08/03/11 21:14, Andreas Delmelle wrote: On 08 Mar 2011, at 21:26, Vincent Hennebert wrote: A viewport-area /is/ a reference-area. See section 4.2.2. I think we're almost there. From that section: A common construct is a viewport/reference pair. This is a viewport-area V and a

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-07 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 04 Mar 2011, at 12:25, Vincent Hennebert wrote: On 03/03/11 20:18, Andreas Delmelle wrote: Let's assume that this refers to the default/normal situation. After all, we are quoting the _general_ fo:region-before definition (= where no deviating reference-orientation has been specified

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-04 Thread Vincent Hennebert
On 03/03/11 20:18, Andreas Delmelle wrote: On 03 Mar 2011, at 13:08, Vincent Hennebert wrote: Unless ... the viewport is where the actual rotation takes place. IIC, the region-viewport's before-edge is still parallel to the page-reference-area's before edge. The before-edge of the

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-03 Thread Vincent Hennebert
On 02/03/11 21:30, Andreas Delmelle wrote: On 02 Mar 2011, at 21:30, Vincent Hennebert wrote: snip/ I came across a very interesting section of the XSL-FO 1.1 Recommendation. This is the description of the from-page-master-region function in section 5.10.4, “Property Value Functions”.

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-03 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 03 Mar 2011, at 13:08, Vincent Hennebert wrote: snip / Unless, of course, I have completely missed the point, which might well be the case. Only forgot to check the history/legacy --as did I when I filed bug #46826 Frankly, I’m not willing to look at the XSL-FO 1.0 Recommendation. I

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-03 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 03 Mar 2011, at 13:08, Vincent Hennebert wrote: Unless ... the viewport is where the actual rotation takes place. IIC, the region-viewport's before-edge is still parallel to the page-reference-area's before edge. The before-edge of the region-reference-area, however, is the one that is

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-03 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 03 Mar 2011, at 21:18, Andreas Delmelle wrote: snip / So, specifying reference-orientation=90 on the region rotates its reference-area by 90 degrees from the page-reference-area. Correction: this is still the 1.0-way of looking at it. In 1.1, this would have to be something along the

reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-02 Thread Vincent Hennebert
aka “The Recommendation Strikes Back” I came across a very interesting section of the XSL-FO 1.1 Recommendation. This is the description of the from-page-master-region function in section 5.10.4, “Property Value Functions”. This function can be used to determine the computed value of the

Re: reference-orientation on side regions

2011-03-02 Thread Andreas Delmelle
On 02 Mar 2011, at 22:30, Andreas Delmelle wrote: snip / The implementation of the (from-page-master) function itself seems like a simple thing to add. Even someone who doesn't know FOP's codebase should be able to figure it out in no more than one day... (not taking into account