fantasai wrote:

> I'd add 
>   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132035#c106
> to your list of comments that have not led to code :)
> 
> If you want to tackle this, I suggest starting with #2 there, then #1
> (I got them out-of-order; also working on #2 will give you a better
> sense of what's going on with the code). Forced page breaks should,
> I believe, be handled by exiting out of reflow with an incomplete
> status and passing a forced-page-break request up the stack.
> Right now we create a frame and inflate it to take up the remaining
> available space on the page... which makes other parts of layout
> unhappy and sometimes crashy.
> 
> I'm happy to guide you on this, but you're going to have to dig
> deep into the intricacies of nsBlockFrame reflow to pull it off. :)

Thanks for the explanation, fantasai, and the offer of guidance, which I
intend to call upon if/when I get started.  But, due to unfortunate
swirling in our software priorities, that is unlikely to be before June.

Douglas
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