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diff --git a/docs/design/intro.xml b/docs/design/intro.xml index b1aa5db67..f05c42f13 100644 --- a/docs/design/intro.xml +++ b/docs/design/intro.xml @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ <body> <s1 title="Introduction"> <p> +<note><p> +The information here is still in the early stage, some information +may be wrong or misleading. In general there is not a broad enough +input and it is lacking in depth of information. +</p></note> The information here describes the design and architecture details for FOP. Currently this is part of a redesign process for some of the core parts of FOP. @@ -22,9 +27,28 @@ FOP. The redesign is mainly focusing on some particular process involved with the layout process when converting the FO tree into the Area Tree. </p> +<s2 title="Aims"> <p> - +The main aim for FOP is to comply with the spec and to be able to +process files of any size. + </p> + <p> +In achieving this aim we need to understand the problem and break it +into small problems that can be solved. + </p> + <p> +<ul> +<li>use SAX as input</li> +<li>process FO elements ASAP</li> +<li>dispose of unused memory, keep memory minimal</li> +<li>layout handles floats, footnotes and keeps in a simple straight forward way</li> +<li>id references are kept simple</li> +<li>pages are rendered ASAP, can be cached until resolved</li> +<li>renderers are totally responsible for their output format</li> +<li>output is sent to a stream</li> +</ul> </p> +</s2> </s1> </body> |