Is org.apache.fop.layout.AreaClass going to be integrated with then constants defined in ...area.Area? Note that Area also has its own writing mode constants, in addition to those in Constants. The spec allows 'lr', 'rl' and 'tb' as short forms of 'lr_tb', 'rl_tb' and 'tb_rl' respectively. Although other writing modes are discussed, only those above are yet sanctioned in the Recommendation.
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