Subject: Re: Table workaround
From: Leonard Rosenthol (leonardr@lazerware.com)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 08:08:03 CST
At 11:18 AM +0100 12/20/00, Mike Nordell wrote:
>Oh, now I get it. But if every "table-line" was a "layout-line" (not ==
>fp_Line) and *it* took care of its cells height, and every cell got its own
>layouter (which it would have to), then I fail to see the problem.
The "design" you are describing is the one that most folks
think of first when they try to implement tables - unfortunately it
doesn't work in the real world for a number of reasons. The easiest
way to "knock it down" is to ask about how text selection works
across cell boundaries - AND across table boundaries.
>Either
>I'm too simplistic or to ignorant for my own good, or this is the way to do
>it.
>
Neither, you're just discovering the fun of tables ;). (your
design would work just fine for a static table renderer, but not for
an editable situation).
Leonard
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