Subject: Re: embedded objects
From: Randy Kramer (rhkramer@fast.net)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 09:30:56 CST
F J Franklin wrote:
> Randy Kramer wrote:
> > With no real knowledge about embedding objects, just a question: might
> > there be embedded objects for which the width and height are either
> > unknown (or not known to AbiWord before the object is processed by the
> > handler) or subject to change either due to editing of the object, or
> > dynamically based on some characteristic of the display, page size, or
> > something else in AbiWord? Is that something that should be considered?
>
> Or, how about "expand to maximum possible width, maintaining aspect ratio"
Frank,
Yes, good example!
> > (Aside: I agree with the intent to display an empty rectangle if AbiWord
> > can't handle the embedded object.
>
> The reason for doing this is so that subsequent text stays on the same
> page as in the author's original view, so that, e.g., Paragraph 23 is
> always on Page 4 regardless of whether the "Thingumy" handler is
> available...
Yes, I understand, and also agree with the comments about some
identification in the empty box, including an indication that AbiWord
doesn't have a handler, and the filename for the embedded object.
Randy Kramer
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