On Thursday 14 March 2002 09:19, Keiron Liddle wrote: >. . . > Firstly the Area Tree is unavoidable. We must have a place to do the > layout and to store the page information. >. . .
Unavoidable for "Layout rendering", isn't it? I thought structure-based rendering wouldn't need the area tree. >. . . > For the FOTree to structure document it is a different issue, that I > hope we will solve one day. Maybe sax events could be used here. >. . . How hard would it be to render the FOTree in XSL-FO (based on SAX events) with all possible attributes resolved? Speaking specifically about the jfor RTF converter, this would allow it to be used as a FOP renderer without needing as much code changes as an API-based integration. Might be a little slower but much more flexible. This would allow the parser and property resolver (is that the right term?) components of FOP to be reused by jfor and future structure-based renderers. -- Bertrand Delacrétaz (codeconsult.ch, jfor.org) buzzwords: XML, java, XSLT, cocoon, mentoring/teaching/coding. disclaimer: eternity is very long. mostly towards the end. get ready. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
