At 2009-07-05 13:58 +0200, Jan Hoeft wrote:
is there an elegant way to create empty lines using block elements?
My template is quite simple:
<xsl:template match="p">
<fo:block>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</fo:block>
</xsl:template>
How do I tell FO to create a new line for each <p/>?
Do you mean to leave a blank between the previous block and this block?
<fo:block space-before="1em">
Do you mean to leave a blank between this block and the next block?
<fo:block space-after="1em">
In both cases, when that space is at the very beginning or very end
of a reference area (say a column), the space is discarded. This is
very helpful when displaying continuous blocks across multiple columns/pages.
If, however, you are asking about creating an empty line regardless
of the content of the element, that would be:
<fo:block><fo:leader/></fo:block>
This is more elegant than using a non-breaking space or other special
graphic character. And more elegant than using regular spaces in
combination with properties that prevent their collapse.
But I am unclear about your question in that you are asking about
empty lines yet your template is quite obviously adding the content
of your paragraph to the result tree.
I hope this helps.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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