On 15.05.2006 17:10:00 Giorgio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > > That's where it gets tricky, at least for this particular issue. > > Supporting large documents will take some rather extensive changes in > > the layout engine: > > - Introduction of a first-fit page breaking algorithm which is selected > > on demand. > > etc... > > Thank you for the explanation. > > > We can point anyone willing to > > dive in to the right spots in the code and the right book to read. > > Where can I find more documentation about FOP's architecture?
In our Wiki: http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/DeveloperPages A whole section of that page contains links to pages where we've written down our thoughts and our research results. http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/KnuthsModel contains information about an article/book by Donald Knuth who defined the model we're using in the layout engine. This article is the basic building block for the design of the layout engine. A must read. If you need any additional info or if anything is unclear, please just ask. > > As an alternative you can find someone who will implement the above for you. > > There are some people on this list who might be available for that. > > How can I ask for this people's help? That's easy. Just call out on this list or on fop-dev. If there's someone available he/she will get in touch with you. > I am sorry If I could seem obnoxious about this problem but I think > that a solution to the problem of the page-squence would be helpful for > all the people who choosed FOP, not only for me. Hey, no problem. I'm actually very happy that you're so persistent about it. Shows that you really care. Other people would have given up by now and bought a commercial product most probably becoming unhappy about the supplier in a year or two. I've seen it. :-) Only a few see the true merit of open source and joint development. You're absolutely correct that fixing this problem will help a lot of people, especially those using FOP to produce documentation and large reports. This will help make FOP better again attracting new user and potential developers and supporters. FOP lives from the people who take action inside the project, be that by answering questions on fop-users, sending patches and possibly becoming a committer after some time etc. Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
