Re: Table layout = auto functionality needed: bounty.
Hi, Adrian Cumiskey wrote: HI Simon, I'm not sure it would, a very complex subject that would require a lot of time just to understand all the considerations involved. There is a good reason why it has not been implemented up to now. Agreed. The table code is too complicated and would require too much time to dive in. Even I have difficulties debugging my own code, and I have built up quite some experience now... The underlying data model is not appropriate and has been pushed beyond its limits. I don’t think anything more can be done on tables because that would inevitably break something. Of course, that’s bad news for Peter... The only possibility IMO is to implement some limited, ad hoc functionality that would work in some specific use case. Maybe adapting the patch from Bugzilla #47347 to the current Trunk is doable in a reasonable amount of time. The other possibility is to refactor the whole layout engine... Vincent I think providing a more automated build/release process would be a far more suitable and achievable project for someone completely new to the project. Adrian. On 25 March 2010 07:24, Simon Pepping spepp...@leverkruid.eu wrote: FOP devs, Would this be suitable for a GSoC project? It is certainly not trivial, and the candidate should have a reasonable chance of success. Simon On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:57:47PM +, Peterdk wrote: Hi, I am wondering, I need a basic version of table-layout=auto. It's not yet implemented with FOP. I am willing to set a bounty of max 250$ for it, if it's implemented to a level that I can use it for my project. Are there any devs interested and willing to work on this? For the bounty it would be needed to be ready in about 3 months. I know there is a patch in bugzilla for a older rev. that gives basic functionality, but it fails to work when margin's are applied to the parent block or the table itself. I have contacted the author of this patch, but I would rather have a FOP dev work on auto-table-layout so the functionality will be included in the trunk version so other users also benefit, and I prefer to support some FOP dev with some money rather then a other programmer. Anybody interested? Peter, NL -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu
Re: Table layout = auto functionality needed: bounty.
Hi, Fortunately I found a way to work around the limitation of the patch. Main limitation for me was that it didn't work when the containing block or the table itself had a margin-left set. Using a table with 2 columns, the 1st one with the width of the wanted margin, the second one containing the auto-layouted table in question. Ugly, but the results are very good for my case. The only unfortunate thing now is that the patch is for a revision of about a year ago and not compatible with current trunk. But that's not really an issue for me. Peter Op 26 mrt 2010, om 12:04 heeft Vincent Hennebert het volgende geschreven: Hi, Adrian Cumiskey wrote: HI Simon, I'm not sure it would, a very complex subject that would require a lot of time just to understand all the considerations involved. There is a good reason why it has not been implemented up to now. Agreed. The table code is too complicated and would require too much time to dive in. Even I have difficulties debugging my own code, and I have built up quite some experience now... The underlying data model is not appropriate and has been pushed beyond its limits. I don’t think anything more can be done on tables because that would inevitably break something. Of course, that’s bad news for Peter... The only possibility IMO is to implement some limited, ad hoc functionality that would work in some specific use case. Maybe adapting the patch from Bugzilla #47347 to the current Trunk is doable in a reasonable amount of time. The other possibility is to refactor the whole layout engine... Vincent I think providing a more automated build/release process would be a far more suitable and achievable project for someone completely new to the project. Adrian. On 25 March 2010 07:24, Simon Pepping spepp...@leverkruid.eu wrote: FOP devs, Would this be suitable for a GSoC project? It is certainly not trivial, and the candidate should have a reasonable chance of success. Simon On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:57:47PM +, Peterdk wrote: Hi, I am wondering, I need a basic version of table-layout=auto. It's not yet implemented with FOP. I am willing to set a bounty of max 250$ for it, if it's implemented to a level that I can use it for my project. Are there any devs interested and willing to work on this? For the bounty it would be needed to be ready in about 3 months. I know there is a patch in bugzilla for a older rev. that gives basic functionality, but it fails to work when margin's are applied to the parent block or the table itself. I have contacted the author of this patch, but I would rather have a FOP dev work on auto-table-layout so the functionality will be included in the trunk version so other users also benefit, and I prefer to support some FOP dev with some money rather then a other programmer. Anybody interested? Peter, NL -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu
Re: Table layout = auto functionality needed: bounty.
FOP devs, Would this be suitable for a GSoC project? It is certainly not trivial, and the candidate should have a reasonable chance of success. Simon On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 04:57:47PM +, Peterdk wrote: Hi, I am wondering, I need a basic version of table-layout=auto. It's not yet implemented with FOP. I am willing to set a bounty of max 250$ for it, if it's implemented to a level that I can use it for my project. Are there any devs interested and willing to work on this? For the bounty it would be needed to be ready in about 3 months. I know there is a patch in bugzilla for a older rev. that gives basic functionality, but it fails to work when margin's are applied to the parent block or the table itself. I have contacted the author of this patch, but I would rather have a FOP dev work on auto-table-layout so the functionality will be included in the trunk version so other users also benefit, and I prefer to support some FOP dev with some money rather then a other programmer. Anybody interested? Peter, NL -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.eu
