Re: XSL:FO Problem of controlling page breaks

Thanks Ken,
You are a saviour :-)
Vasu


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:59 PM
Subject: Re:  XSL:FO Problem of controlling page breaks


> At 2005-01-14 13:41 +0000, Vasu Chakkera wrote:
> >  I have a complicated looking problem
>
> Thankfully it isn't a complicated answer.
>
> >  I have in my XML sections with titles , may be some information of some
> >  tables etc.. What happens now is that when the PDF is generated, then
> >  sometimes the Title appears in the bottom of the page and then the
Contents
> >  under the title comes up in the next page. What I really need is , If
there
> >  are less than 3 lines in the page under the Title, before the page
ends,
> >  then the whole Title and the Text must come in the next page.
>
> Think of it as "if both the given area and the following area don't fit on
> the page, move both to the next page".
>
> XSL-FO doesn't have a concept of keeping track of the number of lines
> available on a page.
>
> But it does have the concept of "keeping things together".
>
> >So No Title
> >  should be in a page with out a minimum of three lines under it. If less
> >than
> >  three, then the title shud be in the next page. Is there any one out
there
> >  who can fish me out of this??
>
> Think of it as "For this area (title), keep it on the same page as the
next
> area (table of contents)":
>
>    <block keep-with-next="always">
>       ...title...
>    </block>
>    <block>
>       ...toc...
>    </block>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ......................... Ken
>
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