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Stylesheet languages and giving you fine control overwhere things go
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- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: Stylesheet languages and giving you fine control overwhere things go
- From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe at ns dot aus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 01:21:55 +0930
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Hi,
One of the things I think I need to be able to do in stylesheets is to
place objects at arbitrary places on a page, and it seems that DSSSL and
XSL(T) don't give me that level of control.
For example, I might want to place the word Preliminary diagonally
across the back of every page in outline form, with the primary text
appearing in front of it.
In some cases, I also want to be able to take a block of text and center
it, vertically, on a page. I don't seem to be able to do that with
DSSSL. Don't know about XSL(T).
In other cases, I want to set up the header and footer of each page with
content that I want o put in specific places and want to ensure that
they align properly.
For example, I want to have text on one side of the header aligning with
the bottom of a graphic on the other side. Indeed, the decision in DSSSL
to divide the header up into three regions seems to have been a mistake.
I would rather that it be one area that I can decide how to format.
I would also like to be able to insert text at any angle I want to.
What stylesheet languages give me these?
Regards
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