[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
fo:table-column being optional is yet more reason to look forward to the
new version. Ah, spring, when we await new software growth....
Automatic table layout is unlikely to happen soon. It is
a *hard* problem, and usually involves backtracking.
Note that "fast table reflow" was one of the top three
design goals of the gecko HTML rendering engine, and it
took a lot of manpower to get it right.
Also, I have no real good idea what specific goals a "good"
automatic table layout actually implies. Only two immediately
come to mind:
1. A column should be at least as wide as the area minimal width
return by the child areas
2. The columns should be as balanced as possible.
With automatic hyphenation and downscaling of images, there is not
much which enforces a minimal column width, i.e. there are quite
a few cases where goal 1 is not much of a help :-(
J.Pietschmann
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