> -----Original Message----- > From: Luca Furini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Luca, > Working on lists, I found a couple of paragraphs in the recommendation > whose meaning is not fully clear to me. > > Section 6.8.3. (fo:list-item) states that: > "the block-progression-dimension of the content-rectangle of an area > generated by the fo:list-item is just large enough so that the > allocation-rectangles of all its child areas are contained in it. In > particular, the space-before and space-after of the child areas have no > effect on the spacing of the list item." > <snip /> > If every block had space-before and space-after > 0, should all of these > spaces be ignored or only the spaces before block 1 and 3 and spaces after > 2 and 5? Excuse me if it sounds bold, but I think neither... and will give you a third alternative. IIC, what is meant is: the space-* of the contained blocks should be seen as _content_ of the list-item, such that they are not ignored, but their values are _included_ in the total BPD without influencing the spacing between previous and following list-items. To put it differently: If the spacing between the list-items is specified as 10pt, and space-before of block 1 = 5pt and space-after of block 2 = 5pt, then the space between the content-rectangles of two list-items will always be 10pt, but the space between the allocation-rectangle for block 2 of one list-item and the allocation-rectangle of block 1 on the next list-item *is* a total of 20pt. (minimum? see the other issue below. ) I must say I'm not absolutely sure about this... Other opinions, anyone? > > Another doubt: section 7.13.8. (relative-align) states that if the value > is 'baseline' > "the distance between the baseline of the first line-area of the first > area descendant generated by the fo:list-item-label is the same as the > distance between the baseline of the first linearea of the first area > descendant generated by the fo:list-item-body." > > If both label and body generate several lines, and there is a page break > that separates both label areas and body areas, should this property apply > to the first lines in the new page too? > > I would say no, but I'm quite unsure. Agreed 100% here. I would interpret this to mean that the largest of the two distances wins --between two consecutive list-item-labels or -bodies. If the body is larger, then the distance between the 'first' baselines of the labels is the same as the distance between the 'first' baselines of the bodies. Cheers, Andreas
