Since everyone talking about leader thought I woudl also ask something. I am wondering if the following result is achievable
----------SOME TEXT---------- -----SOME MORE TEXT SOME----- -- is my leader pattern which can be a regular rule as well. Thanks, Abhi --- "J.Pietschmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andreas L. Delmelle wrote: > > the FOP compliance page, ... indicates only > partial support for this object. > This is mostly with regards to using leader content > as a pattern, which > is not possible as well as various ruler types which > aren't implemented > either. > > > What definitely works, are fixed-length leaders > and leaders aligned > > according to the settings of the reference area > Actually, fixed-length leaders in justified text > will most likely > *not* be properly aligned, because space > justification is done after > leader alignment (nobody complained yet...) > > > <fo:block text-align="justify" > text-align-last="justify"> > > <fo:inline>line1</fo:inline> > > <fo:leader leader-pattern="dots" > leader-pattern-width="3pt" > > leader-alignment="reference-area" /> > > </fo:block> > ... > > If you add another fo:inline to the above > fo:blocks, the fo:leader will > > expand to fill the line and the last fo:inline > will end up on a new line. > > This should not happen with 0.20.5. The following > works for me: > <fo:block text-align="justify" > text-align-last="justify"> > line1 > <fo:leader leader-pattern="dots" > leader-pattern-width="3pt" > leader-alignment="reference-area" /> > someOtherText > </fo:block> > Did you try it? > > BTW enclosing text in fo:inline is just a waste of > ressources, it doesn't > change much with regard how the text is handled > (except exposing a bunch > of nasty bugs). In particular, it wont cause > different handling of the > whitespace which happens to be before or after the > fo:inline, unlike > xsl:text. > > J.Pietschmann > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
