At 2008-11-02 21:31 +0100, Florent Georges wrote:
"G. Ken Holman" wrote:



  Hi,



> reference-orientation isn't supposed to work on table-cell [...]
> reference-orientation isn't supposed to work on block [...]
> You need to use a block-container to get what you want:

  Ah yes.  That reminds me that I don't know FO as well as to use the
REC as my unique doc.  You are going to sell a book ;-)

I'm glad I was able to help!  I hope you find the book useful.



Even though the area in a table cell is a reference area (page 85) 
you'll see you cannot specify reference-orientation on <table-cell> 
(page 203), only on a limited number of constructs (page 491).



Knowing that a table cell is a reference area is important for 
conditionality (page 332).  For example, space-before= is discarded 
at the top of a table-cell unless you specify it being retained.



But I agree it is confusing to know it is a reference area and 
remember that you cannot specify reference orientation on it.



Thanks for buying a copy.



. . . . . . . . . . . Ken



p.s. did FOP work for you?




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