Re: Next Generation Containers.

From: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra (rms@1407.org)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 11:10:49 EDT

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    This is a suggestion:

    Why can't a Line be a Row Container?

    Like this:

    On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 15:55, Martin Sevior wrote:
    > fp_Run --> lots of run subclasses.
    > fp_Container ----|
    > |---> fp_Column
    > |->fp_ShadowColumn
    > |->fp_PositionedColumn
    > |-----> fp_HdrFtrContainer
    > |-----> fp_EndNoteContainer
    > |-----> fp_FootnoteContainer
    > |-----> fp_TableContainer
    > |-----> fp_CellContainer
    > |-----> fp_RowContainer
    > |->fp_Line

    > fp_RowContainer is a container that lays out containers horizonally not
    > vertically.

    isn't this a more general definition of a line?

    > The advantage of this aproach is that it makes it possible to nest
    > containers inside each other while preserving the distinction of
    > fp_Columns which get layed out right on a page.

    I agree with you, but I would think that the class hierarchy can be made
    more simple with my suggestion.

    Hugs, rms

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