You could insert a preprocess step to add the ghost cells to the source
table as part of base FO-generating XSLT--no need to do it with a separate
XSLT. Where the table gets passed to the template that generates the FO
table, just do:
<xsl:variable name="hackedTable" as="element()">
<xsl:apply-templates mode="hackTable" select="."/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:apply-templates select="hackedTable"/>
Or you could override the row-generation template and add the zero-size FO
table cell there.
But if you're using XEP, I think the "modify the XEP intermediate file"
approach suggested by Kevin on the DITA User's list might be the easier and
more reliable solution, unfortunately.
It seems little like a bug in the FO spec that side floats apply to the
nearest containing reference area and not to the containing flow's reference
area (e.g., xsl-region-body). I can't think of a case where I'd want the
side float anchored in a table to be relative to the table cell's reference
area and not to the overall flow's reference area.
Cheers,
Eliot
On 9/15/11 2:30 PM, "Brian Popp" <bpopp(_at_)bpopp(_dot_)net> wrote:
I wasn't asking your authors to add the ghost column. I was suggesting that
as you process your author's tables, *you* insert the ghost column on every
row. That way it is predictable and maintainable.
True. It still seems kinda messy, though, because I'd have to
preprocess each file through that XSL script (to add the column)
before it goes through the normal XSL translation to FO. That's not
unmanageable and I'm happy to have something to fall back on, but it
just seems like there has to be a better way.
Another issue I found with using the negative margins is that I end up
having to write very complicated rules that mirror the styling
attributes of the affected elements. For example, to draw the icon
aligned to the left of a nested list, I have to know what level I'm at
and what the indent is for each level. Again, not undoable, but it's
overly complex and would be difficult to maintain.
This is a very clever solution, though, and I do very much appreciate
the responses. I'm very impressed with this list and have learned a
lot in the short time I've been reading it.
-bpopp
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