On Wednesday 26 July 2006 23:41, Andreas L Delmelle wrote:
> On Jul 26, 2006, at 17:22, Michael Bruns wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> <snip />
>
> > The alignment of the output is perfectly alright, I just can't
> > display it correctly here in the mail. It's just the line break
> > that puzzles me.
> > I hope this looks more like the real thing - if Thunderbird or any
> > other
> > client doen't ruin the indentation:
> >
> > "Blablabla some text which easily
> >    fits into the given space"
> >
> > If the problem really _does_ relate to the wiki page, I would be
> > very grateful if you could explain it to me in one or two more
> > sentences...I
> > just don't get it.
>
> I think this is a bug, and not caused by indent-inheritance...
>
> I'm roughly guessing that, in case of text-align='center', the
> layoutengine works with a stretchable/shrinkable pseudo-box at the
> beginning *and* end of the lines (to distribute the excess space
> evenly), while when text-align is omitted (= initial value of
> 'start'), only one would be needed (maybe even none at all).
>
Andreas, I think you are correct (see also 
http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/LineBreaking) for a brief 
documentation of the Knuth elements generated.

Michael, can you post a short but complete fo example that demonstrates 
the issue?

> Not entirely sure if the description is accurate, but I think it goes
> in that direction. The pseudo-boxes' widths somehow cause that break-
> possibility to be considered as more favorable than not breaking the
> line.
>
> What happens if you choose text-align='justify'?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andreas
>

Manuel

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