https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51304
--- Comment #2 from Andreas L. Delmelle <adelme...@apache.org> 2011-06-10 20:11:07 UTC --- Still in the process of figuring this out, but thought I'd already float some ideas. The change as described in an earlier comment --fixing the overlaps in following columns if an earlier one had footnotes-- does not fix the behavior after checking closer. For columns beyond the second, it yields impossible values for KnuthPageNode.totalFootnotes, which is set to PBA.insertedFootnotesLength, which in turn depends on that subtraction in case all footnotes fit. That alteration needs to be slightly more invasive. As for fully avoiding overlaps in multi-column layout with footnotes, as far as I can see at the moment, it would require a new mode/type of restart. In reality, a footnote can only be deferred to a following page (= the footnote area spans all columns), so the footnote deferral mechanism should definitely be revised in order to make this work. In this particular context, we would have to keep track of the footnotes that were added before the restart, instead of just throwing them away, and redo the page, but using the full length of all footnotes. When we arrive at the next unavoidable page-break, it then needs to be checked whether the citation of the last footnote would still appear on the page. If that is not the case, the process can be repeated with slightly less footnote content. I am also looking into switching to one flat footnoteList, that would merge the footnote content. This in conjunction with a list of indices pointing to the boundaries. Not sure yet if that will simplify things, but it would offer the potential benefit of being able to better handle space-resolution between footnotes (which is currently not supported). At any rate, at this level, a list of lists with a separate listIndex and elementIndex just seems to add to the confusion. (Not even counting the potential bugs arising from those indices being even the slightest bit out of synch with the list... Infinite loops, AIOOBExceptions and the like) Intermediate patch containing some initial work/cleanups to follow soon. -- Configure bugmail: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug.
