Need the equivalent of "table-supress-header-at-start"

[Jeff Griffith]

I need the complement of the table-omit-header-at-break feature. That is, I want to supress a header when the table is created on the first page, but to have the header appear after every page break.

I have attached a sample of this problem in an ".fo" file and the PDF that the ".fo" file produces using FOP version 0.93.  The header at the top of the first table needs to appear as the header for the second table on page 2. I separated the tables because FOP hasn't implemented floats and I don't know of any way to align the sidebar header with specific rows in a table (especially in the case where the first table breaks onto a second or third page before the second table start).

Thanks,
Jeff Griffith

Here's the ".fo file":
test1.fo

Here's the PDF output:
test1.pdf

[Tony Graham-3]

On Wed, Apr 09 2008 19:43:54 +0100, jgriffith@... wrote:
> I need the complement of the table-omit-header-at-break feature. That is, I
> want to supress a header when the table is created on the first page, but to
> have the header appear after every page break.

When all else fails, fake it!

The attached FO file puts a copy of the table head in the region-before
on the second and subsequent pages (and moves down the top of the
region-body to compensate).

Of course, it introduces the opposite problem: you would now want none
of your tables to start at the top of the page.  Plus it really only
works if all of your tables have exactly the same columns.

As yesterday, there's a section [1] in the current draft XSL 2.0
requirements that may address your need.  I feel like a reality TV
competition host when I say this, but not everything in the current
draft can be expected to make it into the eventual XSL 2.0 spec (not
least because only what is actually implemented can make it in), so
doing the XSL 2.0 requirements survey [2] could help your favourite
feature make it into the final.

Regards,


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[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-xslfo20-req-20080326/#N66223
[2] http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/xslfo20requirements/