Re: [xsl] XSL-FO Vertical Text Orientation

[David Tolpin <dvd at renderx dot com>]

> >>See reference-orientation property: 
> >>http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/slice7.html#reference-orientation
> > 
> > 
> > This property does not apply to table-cells.
> 
> I am amazed. The property applies to all areas which generate
> a reference area (see URL above). Table cells generate reference
> areas:
>    The fo:table-cell formatting object generates one or more
>    normal reference-areas.
> 

Don't get amazed too much. The recommendation does not list
reference-orientation among properites of table-cell, and the
XSL FO Working Group has recently clarified that the list of
properties for an element has higher precedence than the list
of element for a property whenever a contradiction arises.
Such as life.

David Tolpin
RenderX

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