On Monday 27 February 2006 22:53, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> On 27.02.2006 15:22:14 Manuel Mall wrote:
> > On Monday 27 February 2006 22:12, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> > > On 27.02.2006 14:59:31 Manuel Mall wrote:
> > > > On Monday 27 February 2006 21:33, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> > > > > On 27.02.2006 12:36:58 Manuel Mall wrote:
> > > > > > On Monday 27 February 2006 18:55, Jeremias Maerki wrote:
> >
> > <snip/>
> >
> > > Wait a sec! suppress-at-line-break only applies to fo:character
> > > not to general text content!!! I think it is less complicated
> > > than you think right now.
> >
> > In XSL-FO everything becomes a fo-character during
> > "objectification" (XSL-FO spec page 4 (pdf version) at the top) IMO
> > it therefore applies to every character not just those explicitly
> > defined as <fo:character.../>.
>
> Hmm, you're right. I forgot about that. But in the end, this only
> clarifies that, for example, fixed width spaces are never suppressed
> (not even at a break) except if they are in an explicit fo:character
> element with suppress-at-line-break="suppress". This property applies
> only to fo:character and is not inherited, so you can't specify it on
> fo:block, IMO. I feel we're getting closer.
>

Yes, that is my interpretation as well.

Side question: Do I understand correctly that only inheritable 
properties can be put on ancestor objects (Spec 5.1.4)? If so, and as 
suppress-at-line-break is not inheritable what sense does the allowed 
value "inherit" than make?

> Jeremias Maerki

Manuel

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