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Bug 7565 - marginalia: extension regions, or multple region bodies?
Summary: marginalia: extension regions, or multple region bodies?
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XSLFO
Classification: Unclassified
Component: XSL-FO (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0 Working Draft
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tony Graham
QA Contact: Mailing list for comments on XSL (XSl-FO)
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Reported: 2009-09-10 21:30 UTC by Liam R E Quin
Modified: 2011-08-11 15:24 UTC (History)
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Description Liam R E Quin 2009-09-10 21:30:34 UTC
Extension regions may be confusing on a single page master. 
So far everything is computed relative to the beginning of the page.
What about using multiple region bodies of XSL-FO 1.1?
That solution would give users more freedom but
would require them to impose alignment constraint among regions.

[taken from "Design Considerations" draft]
Comment 1 Tony Graham 2011-07-07 17:03:37 UTC
The description for this bug is mistaken that 'everything' is computed relative to the page.

'change-bar-offset' (http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/#change-bar-offset) is computed relative to "the edge of the column area containing the text that is marked as changed", and the direction of the 'change-bar-offset' is such that "[a] positive distance is directed away from the column region and into the margin".

So there is a precedent for defining a distance relative to an area rather than relative to the page.
Comment 2 Liam R E Quin 2011-08-11 15:23:59 UTC
Closed. A misunderstanding (Fabio)