From 3d45ce2ad33c6f8927429c8845d4f7bd0fdec642 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fotis <fotis@unknown>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 23:27:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] very simple fo file for beginners

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/trunk@193787 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<!-- example for a simple fo file. At the beginning the page layout is set. 
+  Below fo:root there is always 
+- a single fo:layout-master-set which defines one or more page layouts
+- an optional fo:declarations 
+- and a sequence of one or more fo:page-sequences containing the text and formatting instructions 
+-->
+
+<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
+
+  <fo:layout-master-set>
+  <!-- fo:layout-master-set defines in its children the page layout: 
+       the pagination and layout specifications
+      - page-masters: have the role of describing the intended subdivisions 
+                       of a page and the geometry of these subdivisions 
+                      In this case there is only a simple-page-master which defines the 
+                      layout for all pages of the text
+  -->
+    <!-- layout information -->
+    <fo:simple-page-master master-name="simple"
+                  page-height="29.7cm" 
+                  page-width="21cm"
+                  margin-top="1cm" 
+                  margin-bottom="2cm" 
+                  margin-left="2.5cm" 
+                  margin-right="2.5cm">
+      <fo:region-body margin-top="3cm"/>
+      <fo:region-before extent="3cm"/>
+      <fo:region-after extent="1.5cm"/>
+    </fo:simple-page-master>
+  </fo:layout-master-set>
+  <!-- end: defines page layout -->
+
+
+  <!-- start page-sequence
+       here comes the text (contained in flow objects)
+       the page-sequence can contain different fo:flows 
+       the attribute value of master-name refers to the page layout
+       which is to be used to layout the text contained in this
+       page-sequence-->
+  <fo:page-sequence master-name="simple">
+
+      <!-- start fo:flow
+           each flow is targeted 
+           at one (and only one) of the following:
+           xsl-region-body (usually: normal text)
+           xsl-region-before (usually: header)
+           xsl-region-after  (usually: footer)
+           xsl-region-start  (usually: left margin) 
+           xsl-region-end    (usually: right margin)
+           ['usually' applies here to languages with left-right and top-down 
+            writing direction like English]
+           in this case there is only one target: xsl-region-body
+        -->
+    <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
+
+      <!-- each paragraph is encapsulated in a block element
+           the attributes of the block define
+           font-family and size, line-heigth etc. -->
+
+      <!-- this defines a title -->
+      <fo:block font-size="18pt" 
+            font-family="sans-serif" 
+            line-height="24pt"
+            space-after.optimum="15pt"
+            background-color="blue"
+            color="white"
+            text-align="center"
+            padding-top="3pt">
+        Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
+      </fo:block>
+
+
+      <!-- this defines normal text -->
+      <fo:block font-size="12pt" 
+                font-family="sans-serif" 
+                line-height="15pt"
+                space-after.optimum="3pt"
+                text-align="justify">
+        The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that is completely described in this document. Its goal is to
+        enable generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way that is now possible with HTML. XML
+        has been designed for ease of implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
+      </fo:block>
+
+      <!-- this defines normal text -->
+      <fo:block font-size="12pt" 
+                font-family="sans-serif" 
+                line-height="15pt"
+                space-after.optimum="3pt"
+                text-align="justify">
+        The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that is completely described in this document. Its goal is to
+        enable generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way that is now possible with HTML. XML
+        has been designed for ease of implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
+      </fo:block>
+
+    </fo:flow> <!-- closes the flow element-->
+  </fo:page-sequence> <!-- closes the page-sequence -->
+</fo:root>
-- 
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