On 12 Jun 2009, at 13:23, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
Hi Vincent
[Me:]
>> I'm wondering whether it would not be equally feasible to have the
>> FlowLM check the total height of the block-boxes up to a point
>> (estimated). Do this after every call to
>> childLM.getNextKnuthElements().
>> Then, if the total height exceeds the BPD for the current page, call
>> back to check if the next page has the same IPD (or the same amount
>> of
>> columns). If so, then we happily continue, just as we do now. If not,
>> then we hand the list off to the PageBreaker, run it through a
>> PageBreakingAlgorithm to compute the page-breaks up to that point,
>> add
>> the areas, and resume later, passing the LineBreakingAlgorithm an
>> updated LayoutContext corresponding to the next page.
>
> While this is a good idea, it will imply more disruptive changes to
> the
> codebase. I’d like to keep the necessary changes to a strict minimum.
> Plus I’m not even sure yet that my idea will not lead to a dead end.
>
> Your idea is not incompatible with mine, however. It’s an additional
> step performing some optimization. We can always re-consider it once
> I have some working code.
OK, I already played with it a bit last night, just to see whether I
was not proposing the impossible, and it seems to be feasible. As you
note, it will require some more invasive changes across more classes
than simply the BreakingAlgorithm.
I'll set it aside for the moment, but will surely pick it back up once
you have developed your approach a bit further.
Later
Andreas
