On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:00 pm, Finn Bock wrote: > [Manuel Mall] > > > The spec says: The percentage is calculated with respect to the > > corresponding dimension of the closest area ancestor that was > > generated by a block-level formatting object. If that dimension is > > not specified explicitly (i.e., it depends on content's > > block/inline-progression-dimension), the value is interpreted as > > "auto". > > > > The second sentence of the above statement is currently not > > implemented resulting in "messed up" output. What is the best way > > to fix this? Can we do it on the fo tree when the property is > > constructed, i.e. walk up the tree and see if a corresponding > > dimension is set explicitly and if not not force the property to > > "auto"? There are complications like width and height are > > corresponding properties to i-p-d/b-p-d and writing mode and > > reference orientation are also relevant. May be this is too much > > for the fo tree / property construction phase? > > It sounds just like a job for the property system since it already > deals with the corresponding properties and knows if a property is > explicitly set. > You feel like having a go at it :-)?
<snip/> > regards, > finn Manuel
