Thanks, I already have FOP in my pipeline, hence the xsl question. I am using
DITA as the source, so structure is good, just need to find the right elements
for the instructor content. I think there might be a plug-in out there for
LaTeX, but I've never used that approach. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy
smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: "Peter Flynn
peter(_at_)silmaril(_dot_)ie"
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> Date: 10/14/21 1:55
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Re: [xsl] Side notes layout in xslt? On 14/10/2021 14:19, dvint
dvint(_at_)dvint(_dot_)com wrote:> Yes instead of xslt I meant xsl-fo. I'm
going to be using DITA XML and> need to produce a pdf. The elephant in the room
is of course LaTeX, which can easily handle theformatting you describe.
Outputting LaTeX source from XSLT isstraightforward if you have a well-defined
architecture as you seem to have.On 13/10/2021 08:55, dvint
dvint(_at_)dvint(_dot_)com wrote:[...]> If feasible, can I make sure the page
breaks are the same in the> instructor and student versions? They want to make
sure they can> reference page 32 and make sure everyone is looking at the same
page.Provided both versions occupy the same space. If one version
createsmarginal notes longer than the paragraph[s] adjacent to which they
fall,you would need a macro in the LaTeX document class to ensure that thesame
amount of space was left blank in the other version. This problemhas long been
solved for facing-page translations, where matchingparagraphs must be kept
aligned across the central gutter, so the codeshould be reusable.> I suggested
outputting to indesign, but they don't want to add more> software so this
would be a straight to pdf transformation.If the addition of no-cost software
is precluded then I think XSL-FO isyour only viable route.Peter
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