Re: FieldStart/End Runs


Subject: Re: FieldStart/End Runs
From: Mike Nordell (tamlin@algonet.se)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 12:56:29 CDT


Justin Bradford wrote:

> I'm not sure this is relevant, but just in case, I thought I'd bring up
> how I was planning to abuse runs for the purpose of advanced field
> support.
>
> I intend to create two invisible runs (such as FieldStart nad FieldEnd)
> which will surround a group of runs contained within the given field.
[snip]
> If this conflicts with any new work on runs or the cursor, please let
> me know.

The cursor internaly uses DocPos which behaves correctly when moving e.g.
"right" over a pagebreak. It might be that it would need some special
coding for these other non-visible runs, but I don't think it would be
something to worry about.

/Mike



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