Re: Side notes layout in xslt?

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.B Sent from my Verizon, Samsung
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-------- Original message --------From: "Peter Flynn peter@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 10/14/21  1:55 PM  (GMT-08:00)
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re:  Side notes layout in
xslt? On 14/10/2021 14:19, dvint dvint@xxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxx 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> softwareB  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