Empty is confusing. I agree with Hubert about that. However, we should support embedded objects period. If an object is not supported, the "empty 'square' should display a message stating that it's type is not supported (in core functionality, by a plugin, etc).
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 09:19, Randy Kramer wrote: > F J Franklin wrote: > > I've been thinking about how to do embedded objects. > > <snip> > > > which can be expressed in XML like: > > > > <object width="473pt" height="312pt" > > type="application/xml-svg" > > handler="svgviewer"> > > <param name="animation" value="no" /> > > <param name="web" value="no" /> > > <param name="images" value="no" /> > > <![CDATA[base-64 encoded embedded object data]]> > > </object> > > Frank, > > With no real knowledge about embedding objects, just a question: might > there be embedded objects for which the width and height are either > unknown (or not known to AbiWord before the object is processed by the > handler) or subject to change either due to editing of the object, or > dynamically based on some characteristic of the display, page size, or > something else in AbiWord? Is that something that should be considered? > > (Aside: I agree with the intent to display an empty rectangle if AbiWord > can't handle the embedded object. If someone strongly objects to this, > I guess I'd settle for an option, something like the Show Paragraphs > option.) > > Randy Kramer > -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Ghandi + So let's do it...?
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