As promised, I've done a braindump [1] to the Wiki on the topic. If anyone wants to take it from here, please do. I'll help where I can but as I said, I can't allocate a lot of time for that right now.
[1] http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/AutoTableLayout On 08.12.2005 17:50:54 Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Thanks a lot, Craeg. Maybe I should take some time during the weekend > and write down my ideas on auto table layout on the Wiki [1]. Maybe with > such an initial spark someone might finally sit down and take it on. I > can imagine the layout engine might look daunting at first. With a few > notes this might not look so scary anymore. > > BTW, you can add and change pages in the Wiki, too. You just have to > register. It's a great tool when users want to help users, i.e. if > someone would write down his tricks on working around the missing auto > table layout. When there's some good and stable content on the Wiki, we > can even take that over into the main FOP website. > > [1] wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ > > On 08.12.2005 17:32:34 Craeg Strong wrote: > > Hello: > > > > Here is some more feedback from a long time FOP user. > > > > I am ABSOLUTELY THRILLED by the new release. > > I have used it to create a number of PDF documents from Docbook/XML sources > > and the results are excellent! Thanks a million for this. > > > > While I don't agree that lack of automated table layout is a deal breaker, > > I do agree that it is probably the *most* *important* feature yet to be > > implemented, > > especially for new users. > > > > Since the auto table layout handling is based on the rules for CSS (and > > says so in the spec), > > it seems a shame there isn't a reusable library somewhere for this. > > > > Since lack of auto-table layout is a FAQ, (or FEC frequently expressed > > complaint?) > > it might be a good idea to post some XSLT workarounds. For example, > > you might > > simply divide the available space by the number of columns, or you might > > somehow > > grab the longest string, multiply times the m-width, and use that, or... > > > > Obviously it gets very complicated, which is why it isn't implemented > > yet :-) but I suspect > > several people like myself have written various workarounds in XSLT > > which could be > > posted on a wiki page or in a FAQ somewhere. Just a thought... > > > > Regards, > > > > --Craeg > > > > Jeremias Maerki Jeremias Maerki
