You are right, simply adding: -Dlinks.merge=yes
to the command line results in one link rectangle per line, just as would be expected. My test file reduced in size from 1,659 KB to 368 KB! FYI, this XSL-FO doc has 1290 fo:basic-links, all multi-word. You are also right that it would be useful to change the default behaviour. Should be "fixeable" for 0.20.4? Either way, we should document this system property in the FAQ (at least). Thanks very much for you help with this Arved. Another satisfied customer. Best regards, Adrian -----Original Message----- From: Arved Sandstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF? Yes, the code is still in there, essentially unchanged. If you look at BasicLink.java you'll see a call to LinkSet.merge(), _if_ a system property called "links.merge" has been set, and is anything other than "no", on the command line. It would probably be useful to change the default behaviour here. The merge() method in LinkSet.java is very much still in existence. Presumably, because of the default setting, this has never been used by anyone for at least a year (maybe closer to 2 years), so I have no idea whether it works anymore. It's worth a try, and I'm sure it's quite fixeable (is that a word???). Now that I look at it this method only joins links on the same line, which is clearly an improvement over what you have now. It could be improved for paragraphs I'm sure. Regards, Arved --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
