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refining alternative float model
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@@ -2467,19 +2467,18 @@ <h2>Page floats (mk2)</h2>
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and the new 'float-modifier', provides support for common paper-based
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layouts.
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<p>(A few words about the difference between mk2 and mk1: Care has
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now been take to avoid being able to specify layouts that are hard to
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achieve, or that can be achieved in other ways. For example, by saying
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'top-corner' instead of 'top-left' or 'top-right', it becomes
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impossible to specify a layout where one has to replace already
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laid-out content. Compared to the mk1 float model, mk2 does not allow
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one to explicityly set the containing block of the float; the CB is
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column or the multicol element (depending on the keyword in use). It
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is therefore impossible to float something to the top of the page.
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However, given that 'column-span' now is widely supported, one can
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make (say) the root element a multicol element. Floating something to
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the top of the multicol element thereby floats it to the top of the
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page.)
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<p>(A few words about the difference between mk2 and mk1: Care has now
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been taken to avoid layouts that are hard to achieve, or that can be
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achieved in other ways. For example, by saying 'top-corner' instead of
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'top left' or 'top right', it becomes impossible to specify a layout
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where one has to replace already laid-out content. Compared to the mk1
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float model, mk2 does not allow one to explicityly set the containing
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block of the float; the CB is the column or the multicol element
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(depending on which keyword in use). It is therefore impossible to
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float something to the top of the page. However, given that
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'column-span' now is widely supported, a different strategy can be
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used: make the root element a multicol element, and float the box to
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the top. Thereby it ends up at the top of hte page.)
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<p>Four new keywords on 'float' have been added:
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