On 18.02.2008 17:04:52 Max Berger wrote:
> Dear Fop Devs,
> 
> i think this was the original intention of a "processing instruction".

That's another possibility, yes.

> I
> really do not see clearly where fox:fail-on-missing-image would go in
> the fo tree.

I think an extension property/attribute was meant, not an element.

> A PI could mean: From this point on in the whole document.
> HOWEVER: If fop currently uses no PIs (I am not sure about this), then
> it should be a fox: extension, to make all behavior similar.

Indeed, we don't use PIs at the moment. And I'm not sure we should. I
wonder how many people know how to work with them.

> As for the size: 
> 
> - Always use the size given if given.
> 
> Either:
> - a 0.0001 x 0.0001 pt empty transparent image OR

Would have to be at least 0.001x0.001pt as this is our minimal
resolution. ;-) Feels very HTML-like...

> - A missing image image, about 1x1 cm: should have a border and a red
> "x" (as seen in web browsers, etc.)

I think I'd prefer this. It's still a change in FOP's behaviour. But so
many people don't read or ignore FOP's log output, visual feedback is
probably a good idea.

> 
> On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 07:47 -0800, The Web Maestro wrote:
> > That all sounds good. As for the extension vs. Config approach, the
> > config could specify the default behavior & users could override it
> > via individual fox:image-missing-behavior (or
> > fox:fail-on-missing-image or something). If there's no
> > @fox:[image-missing-behavior] specified, it'll do the config setting
> > or log a warning if nothing specified.
> > 
> > Clay
> 
> mfG
> 
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