On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 02:32:34PM +0100, Alfredo Braunstein wrote: > Well, it turns out that this is not a trivial bug, but something structural > with the drawing scheme we'd have to sort out. The problem is the > following: in a paragraph with first indented line, the avail space is > something like > > <------- f -----> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <----------- w ---------> > > > Now suppose the first x is a text inset. > The inset gets passed in the metrics step a maxwidth of w, and not f. (which > may be correct, because if the inset is on the second x and is wide enough, > we would expect the first x go alone in the first row, and the inset take > the full second row). And this results on the inset being drawn starting in > the first x but having width approx. w (and so it is too wide). > > I don't see a simple (not too special cased) solution to the problem. > > Comments and/or solutions welcomed. If you need further clarifications just > ask. >
I really had thought I'd described the exact issue *several* times, *in detail*, and said what I thought should be done, and even started coding it. Please check the archives ... can't believe we're still going round and round on this one :( regards john -- "Spammers get STABBED by GOD." - Ron Echeverri
