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Posted to fop-dev@xmlgraphics.apache.org by "A.M." <ag...@themactionfaction.com> on 2004/05/27 16:27:29 UTC
column balancing
Excuse me for being annoying with the column balancing issue (from
fop-user), but it's something that we crucially need. I would like to
offer my time to implement this- however it's not clear to me which
block attributes are relevant to this. Could someone point me to the
page of the spec covering this? (Column balancing is unfortunately the
only thing keeping us from FOP.) Thanks.
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AgentM
agentm@themactionfaction.com
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Re: column balancing
Posted by Clay Leeds <cl...@medata.com>.
On May 28, 2004, at 6:18 AM, Chris Bowditch wrote:
> A.M. wrote:
>> Replying off-list:
>
> huh?
Yeah... that threw me for a loop as well, especially since the reply
came on list (as I think it should, being on-topic and all)...
>> I'm not sure I really have a choice concerning the fop version.
>> Considering I needed column balancing "yesterday", I'll take the
>> route that gives me balanced columns ASAP. I haven't looked at the
>> PDF rendering code yet, so (neglecting your desire for the dev
>> version to move forward) would you argue that it would be easiest to
>> add column balancing to the maintenance version or to the dev
>> version? If I can add it quickly to the maintenance version, I would
>> be happy to add the same functionality to the dev version later.
>> Thanks.
>
> Thats understandable. Yes, it will be less hassle for you to add
> column balancing into the maintenance code. Just dont expect your
> changes to make it into the code base. If you are able to give us some
> help with the development version later that will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Chris
Sounds good to me too. As far as PATCHing the maintenance code, I would
still encourage any submitting PATCH made for the Maintenance branch.
Developers can always look through bugzilla to see if there's something
they want or need (like TIF output... or column balancing ;-)). As long
as they have a good Subject/Title and Description...
Web Maestro Clay
Re: column balancing
Posted by Chris Bowditch <bo...@hotmail.com>.
A.M. wrote:
> Replying off-list:
huh?
> I'm not sure I really have a choice concerning the fop version.
> Considering I needed column balancing "yesterday", I'll take the route
> that gives me balanced columns ASAP. I haven't looked at the PDF
> rendering code yet, so (neglecting your desire for the dev version to
> move forward) would you argue that it would be easiest to add column
> balancing to the maintenance version or to the dev version? If I can add
> it quickly to the maintenance version, I would be happy to add the same
> functionality to the dev version later. Thanks.
Thats understandable. Yes, it will be less hassle for you to add column
balancing into the maintenance code. Just dont expect your changes to make it
into the code base. If you are able to give us some help with the development
version later that will be greatly appreciated.
Chris
Re: column balancing
Posted by "A.M." <ag...@themactionfaction.com>.
>
> What Arnd says make sense. I would like to add that any development
> help you can give will be gratefully received. However, you need to be
> aware that the maintenance branch 0.20.5 has been frozen, so any
> patches you submit to 0.20.5 code are unlikely to make it into the
> code base. I'm not sure that multi column layouts work at all in the
> development version, but you are more than welcome to help. If you
> have any questions at all, please dont hesitate to ask.
>
> Chris
Replying off-list:
I'm not sure I really have a choice concerning the fop version.
Considering I needed column balancing "yesterday", I'll take the route
that gives me balanced columns ASAP. I haven't looked at the PDF
rendering code yet, so (neglecting your desire for the dev version to
move forward) would you argue that it would be easiest to add column
balancing to the maintenance version or to the dev version? If I can
add it quickly to the maintenance version, I would be happy to add the
same functionality to the dev version later. Thanks.
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AgentM
agentm@themactionfaction.com
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Re: column balancing
Posted by Chris Bowditch <bo...@hotmail.com>.
arnd.beissner@cappelino.de wrote:
> "A.M." <ag...@themactionfaction.com> wrote 27.05.2004 16:27:29:
>
>
>>Excuse me for being annoying with the column balancing issue (from
>>fop-user), but it's something that we crucially need. I would like to
>>offer my time to implement this- however it's not clear to me which
>>block attributes are relevant to this. Could someone point me to the
>>page of the spec covering this? (Column balancing is unfortunately the
>>only thing keeping us from FOP.) Thanks.
>
>
> As far as I can see, column balancing is not really defined as a mechanism
> in the XSL recommendation. My interpretation so far is that to do column
> balancing if a spanned block follows on the same page and not to do it
> if no spanned blocks follows, is one of several allowed user agent
> behaviours - and the one that makes the most sense as a default.
>
> If your or someone else finds something in the XSL recommendation
> that more precisely defines what should happen, I would be grateful
> for a pointer as well.
What Arnd says make sense. I would like to add that any development help you
can give will be gratefully received. However, you need to be aware that the
maintenance branch 0.20.5 has been frozen, so any patches you submit to 0.20.5
code are unlikely to make it into the code base. I'm not sure that multi
column layouts work at all in the development version, but you are more than
welcome to help. If you have any questions at all, please dont hesitate to ask.
Chris
Re: column balancing
Posted by ar...@cappelino.de.
"A.M." <ag...@themactionfaction.com> wrote 27.05.2004 16:27:29:
> Excuse me for being annoying with the column balancing issue (from
> fop-user), but it's something that we crucially need. I would like to
> offer my time to implement this- however it's not clear to me which
> block attributes are relevant to this. Could someone point me to the
> page of the spec covering this? (Column balancing is unfortunately the
> only thing keeping us from FOP.) Thanks.
As far as I can see, column balancing is not really defined as a mechanism
in the XSL recommendation. My interpretation so far is that to do column
balancing if a spanned block follows on the same page and not to do it
if no spanned blocks follows, is one of several allowed user agent
behaviours - and the one that makes the most sense as a default.
If your or someone else finds something in the XSL recommendation
that more precisely defines what should happen, I would be grateful
for a pointer as well.
My 2 cents,
Arnd
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Cappelino Informationstechnologie GmbH