Keiron Liddle wrote: > Karen, > > On 2002.04.29 22:39 Karen Lease wrote: > >> It's certainly true that mixing blocks in inlines, as the spec says is >> allowed, gets very complicated. I remember some discussion of this on >> the list a long while ago and I think we actually asked the XSL editors >> what kind of areas they imagined this generating, but never got an >> answer. If I understand your idea correctly, the layout areas you would >> generate from this example are the ones I would like to generate also. >> (Block area containing some lines, nested block, more lines, nested >> block and more lines.) > > > Yes. Basically the same as having a block among text inside a block. > Although I don't know what would happen with non-inheritable > properties like background. > > >> *** I think this is clearly the key issue to decide in this round of >> discussions: flattened or nested. > > > I think it is possible both ways but not necessarily easy. > I noticed in the spec it says inline areas may have inline area > children but its content rectangle and axamples seem a bit different > from what we are talking about here.
K & K, I think it will necessarily be both, as your discussions are tending to show. If so, which is easier: generating flattened areas from trees, or generating trees from flattened areas? No contest. My notes on galleys, keeps and spaces may be relevant here. Incidentally, I have always been a bit surprised that the spec authors did not attempt a fully recursive definition within page viewports. It really is a page-oriented spec. Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
