Dear Editors:
I am seeking clarification of the XSL-FO 1.1 Recommendation
at Sections
7.15.3 (block-progression-dimension) and 7.15.7
(inline-progression-dimension), for the <percentage>
calculation. In both
cases, the percentage base is described as "the
corresponding dimension of
the closest area ancestor that was generated by a
block-level formatting
object."[1] This definition does not address formatting
objects that may be
direct descendants of the fo:flow, such as
fo:block-container and fo:table,
that can specify ipd and bpd.
My intuition wants to restate the definition as follows:
"the corresponding
dimension of the closest area ancestor that is either a
reference area or an
area that was generated by a block-level formatting
object." Can you either
confirm that this restatement is correct, or provide
additional guidance for
the case I have described?
Thank you in advance.
Victor Mote
The FOray Project www.foray.org
Notes:
[1] The term "block-level formatting object" does
not seem to be defined
explicitly, but I infer a definition of the term from its
use as the heading
for Section 6.5.
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