Re: [docbook-apps] default value for @content-width in fo xsls

[davep <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On 08/30/2011 10:59 PM, David Cramer wrote:
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> On 08/30/2011 01:23 PM, Křištof Želechovski wrote:
>> Dnia wtorek, 30 sierpnia 2011 o 14:30:44 David Cramer napisał(a):
>>> Hi there,
>>> I notice that the default value for content-width in the fo stylesheets
>>> is currently "auto". Is there any reason not to make the default
>>> "scale-down-to-fit" [1]? Or should it be parameterized for those using
>> scale-down-to-fit could render the text unreadable, couldn’t it?  Unreadable text worse than clipped text.
> I guess it's a matter of preference. I would much rather have a scaled
> down image than a truncated one.
+1


>   IIRC, XEP doesn't render the images at
> all if there's not enough space (at least in some situations). So your
> choice is a scaled down image or nothing.
Which is very annoying.
I think this is a reasonable default. For a user wanting to resize
the options are there, I'd hope the default did what is most
widely expected, which in this case (IMHO) is to scale to fit.

regards






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