>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Sevior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> I'm thinking about introducing a new member variable into
Martin> fl_BlockLayout. m_bisHdrftrSection true for blocks attached
Martin> to hdrftr sections.
Martin> then fp_Run 's and fp_Line 's attached to this block could
Martin> grab the member variable in their constructors and use it to
Martin> short circuit any draw or clearscreen methods. That way we
Martin> could format these HdrFtrSection blocks as usual and all the
Martin> usual editting stuff would work fine. The draw and clearscreen
Martin> methods would just get short circuited.
Martin> ie
Martin> fp_line::draw(void) { if(m_bisHdrFtrSection) return;
Martin> What do you think?
I like the idea, but not the implementation. It introduces a (arguably
negligible) overhead on the rendering of the majority of the lines to
work around a problem with headers/footers.
Instead, make a new subclass that overrides draw with a NOP function.
Jesper
