On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 04:45:58AM -0700, Glen Mazza wrote: > --- Chris Bowditch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its the > > getNextBreakPoss/addAreas methods in TextLM and > > LineLM that are scarey. > > > > Yes, that code is very complex (I wasn't able to fix a > problem with the space-after property despite much > effort), and I'm not sure there's anything that can be > done to make it simpler. Fortunately, some (Simon, > Luca) appear to be able to work better with it.
The getNextBreakPoss/addAreas methods in TextLM and LineLM are scary indeed, probably because they try to deal with so many cases. I believe Luca's patch made the logic much cleaner. Unfortunately, that method has not yet been extended to the descendant LMs. And that seems a more important problem, the difficulty of programming the LM setup with its two passes, getNextBreakPoss and addAreas, over the LM tree. I believe it must be made simpler to allow a decent Java programmer to add code to the layout system. It is an aspect I want to pay attention to, but I will take it slowly and cautiously. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.nl
