David Young wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone is developing web standards and prototypes > for web layout using the Knuth and Plass algorithm? It seems > like responsive designs could be expressed more simply in a > boxes-glue-penalties frame, and responsive layout for JavaScript, CSS, > and other things that you put in <pre>, now, would be tractable with the > right HTML/CSS primitives. If you have something like this underway, > please get in touch.
Prince implements the Knuth/Plass algorithm for breaking paragraphs into lines: http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2010/magic/prince7.pdf For line-breaking, I believe implemtors are looking beyond Knuth/Plass to optimize on a per-page/per-spread, or even per-document basis. Knuth/Plass only looks at a paragraph. However, it seems you're not primarily thinking of line-breaking, but box stacking on a more general basis? -h&kon Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª howc...@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome