> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian & Chris

> 
> My main problems are:::::::::

Your main problem is that you are posting to a list that has relatively
little knowledge of Formatting Objects.  You would do much better posting to
the XSLFO mailing list:

www-xsl-fo@xxxxxx

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> There is no counter I can increment for line number or any 
> other number
> number I wish to make up. Some things can be counted, like node()
> position(), but these are no good to me as I wish to count 
> lines, in some
> cases I wish to write a space between the lines (see DTL02).

That's right.  In the past, I have had to resort to empty blocks and tables
to push data out where I wanted it.  FO relies upon data flow to drive
pagination and positioning, its not a DTP utility.

> Variable are static in XSL, and cannot be incremented, that 
> [expletive deleted], I mean
> that really [expletive deleted], it is like meatloaf through a straw it 
> [expletive deleted] and it [expletive deleted]
> hard.

It is a feature common to functional programming languages; perhaps you
should consider using a different tool?


HTH,

Mike


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Mike Haarman,
XSL Developer,
Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.