RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF?

2002-05-22 Thread Arved Sandstrom
Hi, Adrian It's been quite a while but I recall that at the time that basic-link code was written (long enough ago that they were still called simple-links) there was an option to choose between link rectangles per word, which aws intended more as a debugging setting, or combining link

Re: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF?

2002-05-22 Thread J.Pietschmann
Arved Sandstrom wrote: So that's your answer. :-) The multiple linked areas are an ancient debugging artifact, that seems to have become the norm. The annoying part is that the link area excludes the whitespace between the words. Or is this intentional? Line breaks and in particular

RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF?

2002-05-22 Thread Adrian Edwards
Sandstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 22 May 2002 8:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF? Hi, Adrian It's been quite a while but I recall that at the time that basic-link code was written (long enough ago that they were still

RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF?

2002-05-22 Thread Arved Sandstrom
-Original Message- From: J.Pietschmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: May 22, 2002 6:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF? Arved Sandstrom wrote: So that's your answer. :-) The multiple linked areas are an ancient debugging

RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF?

2002-05-22 Thread Adrian Edwards
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 12:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Why do links generate multiple rectangles in PDF? Yes, the code is still in there, essentially unchanged. If you look at BasicLink.java you'll see a call to LinkSet.merge(), _if_ a system property