Stacking constraints

["Peter B. West" <pb...@powerup.com.au>]

Can anyone summarise for me the *meaning* of the very complex discussion
of stacking constraints in Section 4 of the spec?  There are very
detailed rules, but what are they *for*?  I'm a bit lost with all of
that.

Peter
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Re: Stacking constraints

[Arved Sandstrom <Ar...@chebucto.ns.ca>]

At 02:15 PM 5/2/01 +1000, Peter B. West wrote:
>Can anyone summarise for me the *meaning* of the very complex discussion
>of stacking constraints in Section 4 of the spec?  There are very
>detailed rules, but what are they *for*?  I'm a bit lost with all of
>that.

This is one of the parts of the spec where it is very easy to lose sight of 
the forest for the trees. :-)

Stacking constraints exist for one purpose - to identify areas (at any level 
of the area tree) that have only space between them.

Regards,
Arved

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