Thanks to both of you, I'll give each method a try and see what works best
for me.
Bob Stayton wrote:
>
> The footnote method can work, but it requires turning off the footnote
> separator rule for the titlepage masters. Actually, there is a third
> method in XSL-FO. An fo:block-container can be positioned absolutely on
> the page, even in FOP. The "bottom" property sets a distrance of that
> block from the bottom.
>
> <fo:block-container absolute-position="absolute" bottom="2cm">
> <fo:block>Content here</fo:block>
> </fo:block-container>
>
> With no other properties, the block will assume the width of the page,
> with a height matching the content. The only danger with absolute
> positioning is that if the content above it extends downward too far, they
> can overlap.
>
> I don't know of a way to specify a fo:block-container in the titlepage
> spec file, though. You'll need to specify a named template, and put this
> code in the named template. Let me know if you need further details.
>
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
>
bobs@sagehill.net>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Tremblay
> To: danmauer
> Cc:
docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Titlepage customization: Align legalnotice
> at bottom of page?
>
>
> As far as I know, no. Your two options are:
>
> 1. Put the legal notice in a footer(fo:static-content)
> 2. Just keep using the <fo:block space-before = "xin" until you get your
> desired result.
>
> Maybe there is a way to use a maximum property with a
> keep-together.within.page. I've never tried this.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:02 AM, danmauer <
dan.mauer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've customized my fo-output title page by modifying the 'article'
> template
> in titlepage.templates.xml, removing some elements I don't want to
> appear,
> and so on.
>
> Spacing the elements relative to one another is pretty trivial (using
> space-before and space-after properties). What I can't seem to figure
> out
> is how to align one or more elements at the bottom of the page. In
> this
> case, I specifically want the <legalnotice> element to appear at the
> very
> bottom of the main content area.
>
> Is there a straightforward way to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> -dan
>
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