XSL-FO attribute inheritance in jfor, workaround using inherit-attributes.xsl

Hello jfor users,

This might be useful to some of you: I created an XSLT transform 
(inherit-attributes.xsl) that can be used to process XSL-FO documents before 
converting them with jfor, in order to implement some form of "attributes 
inheritance".

This is a known problem in jfor, in the following construct for example the 
text is not shown as bold:

<fo:block font-weight="bold">
  <fo:inline>Without processing, this will not be bold</fo:inline>
</fo:block>

Transforming the XSL-FO document with inherit-attributes.xsl before 
converting with jfor solves the problem  - in a dead simple way and without 
following the XSL-FO rules of attribute inheritance, but it might be helpful 
in many cases.

As inherit-attributes.xsl is still experimental, the best thing is to grab it 
directly from CVS at
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/jfor/jfor/samples/
You need only a browser to do this via this web page.

Note that this is not conformant with XSL-FO, rather it is a workaround that 
should not be needed anymore once proper attribute inheritance is implemented.

As usual, feedback about this transform is welcome!

-- 
 Bertrand Delacrétaz (codeconsult.ch, jfor.org)

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