Interleaved commentary... > -----Original Message----- > From: Keiron Liddle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: May 6, 2002 5:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [REDESIGN] Line layout manager discussion > > > Hi All, > > What it boils down to seems to be if the inline fo returns the block > area or generates an inline area that contains the block area. If it > generates an inline area then it will set traits on that area (border, > background, link, padding etc.).
>From 4.7.3 my understanding is that any (normal) areas returned by children of the inline formatting object always become children of normal inline areas that the FO generates. Similarly for a block, by 4.7.2. So the inline FO can never _return_ a normal block area. I guess it depends on one's understanding of "return". I take this not to include any nested areas. The normal block area comes back, sure, but as a child of a normal inline area. > If that is the case why is a footnote inline not allowed to have a block > level child. Since this is effectively the same as using an > inline-container. Probably just the semantics of what the "inline" does for a footnote, rather than any technical reason. > Here is another confusing statement, that makes sense for > inline-container. > 4.6 > "The dimensions of the content-rectangle for an inline-area without > children is computed as specified by the generating formatting object, > as are those of an inline-area with block-area children." > > Does "computed as specified" mean specified on the fo or derived from > the context. I'm thinking, as specified on the FO. > >From a practical viewpoint it makes sense to wrap the block in an inline > area with the traits and treat the block normally in layout terms but it > still feels uncomfortable. It also introduces a whole lot of other > questions about line height, padding etc. > The use of "line-height" for inlines is as a synonym for "height"; one _can_ use "height" but only for replaced inline-level FOs. So for an original "inline", say, we'd ignore a "height" but use "line-height" instead, which more often than not is just going to inherit from the block containing it. I think this is pretty straightforward. I don't know if this is what you were getting at, though. Because I figure you're on top of this already. Regards, Arved --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
