You know what I just did? I downloaded the 0.91 branch I've just created
and ran an FO file with a referenced SVG file through FOP that contains
a mixture of "simple" and "non-simple" text. Guess what: "simple" text
was painted as text, not shapes. Maybe it's only the PDFTranscoder that
has a problem. I have yet to check that one.

On 20.12.2005 11:50:24 thomas.deweese wrote:
> Hi Jeremias,
> 
> Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/20/2005 05:35:14 AM:
> 
> > I've just tried to implement that approach you outlined but the problem
> > is that this init() method is not accepted by the compiler.
> 
>    Your right in the past I had used static member functions, and you
> can't access 'this' before the super-class constructor is called so this
> won't work.  However....
> 
> > On 14.12.2005 15:13:49 thomas.deweese wrote:
> 
> > >    If you want to do this, then we should 'fix' the PDFTranscoder
> > > for SVG text.  It appears that the main problem with Batik 1.6 is
> > > that it calls 'registerBridges' in the base class constructor before
> > > the subclass can 'record' it's updated bridges.
> 
>    I just checked and the Batik 1.6 release does _not_ do this,
> it calls 'registerSVGBridges' well after the constructor completes,
> the 1.5.1 release did call registerSVGBridges in the constructor.
> Which still leaves a bit of an open questions as to why text isn't
> text with Batik 1.6.



Jeremias Maerki

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