Re: dbfo-need height and FOP

["Antti Karanta" <antti.karanta@napa.fi>]

On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:25:57 +0200, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

> First, I would recommend that you not use 1.75.1, but switch to 1.75.2.

   Sorry, my bad - I was actually using 1.75.2 but due to having all kinds  
of versions laying around I thought I was using 1.75.1. Sorry for the  
misinformation.


> When I test dbfo-need with fop.0.95 and 1.75.2, I found that it does  
> work in some locations but not others.  In the case of placing a  
> dbfo-need between block elements like para, it works.  But if you put  
> the dbfo-need before a section element, it does not.
>
> Regarding the extra space that you noticed, that is the other problem  
> that fop 0.95 has. It does not yet handle the combination of properties  
> (primarily space-after.precedence) that puts the text back where it  
> should start when a dbfo-need is used.  That is a limitation that must  
> await full support for the space-after property in FOP.

   Do you know of any specific issues in the fop bug tracker regarding  
these issues? I'd like to add myself as a CC so I can track the progress.


> So the question is, should we enable a feature for fop 0.95 that  
> sometimes works but sometimes not, and that adds space where it  
> shouldn't.   I would vote to add support only when FOP handles the  
> feature properly.  But others may see it differently.

   I agree with you. I just wanted to know where the failures are.



      ::Antti::