Peter B. West wrote: > At this stage, I would tend to think not of > doing every possible layout, but of following > the "optimum" values to perform initial layout, > and then testing the result for "goodness". > The minimum-maximum range provides the slack - > within the context of the spec - for applying > whatever other set of layout tuning algorithms > that FOP implements.
If I remember correctly from the TeX source, TeX does a similar thing: it just goes ahead, then rates the quality of the layout in terms of "badness" (do you realize that makes you an optimist and Don Knuth a pessimist? 8-)). If the "badness" of a paragraph is too large, TeX tries a different layout. This approach, however, should be quite difficult for a FO render, as FO has more degrees of freedom in layout (compared to TeX). So, somehow the renderer must have a good "idea" which layout alternatives are promising in terms of "badness" or "goodness" and which are not. -- Cappelino Informationstechnologie GmbH Arnd Beißner --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
