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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/limitations.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/limitations.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6bf9ee27 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/limitations.xml @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" "document-v11.dtd"> + +<document> + <header> + <title>Limitations</title> + </header> + + <body> +<section> + <title>Limitations</title> + <p>FOP implements the fo objects and properties listed + in <jump href="implemented.html">features</jump>, sometimes it does so only in a limited way. + </p> + + <section> + <title>fo:leader</title> + <p>leader-length.minimum is not used at all</p> + </section> + + <section> + <title>page-number-citation</title> + <p>Only works for table of contents without any problems. The case where the page number doesn't + fit on a line isn't handled, and any text on the same line and after the page-number might not + appear exactly where you want it to. + </p> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Padding</title> + <p>Padding works in conjunction with indents and spaces. It is only implemented + for blocks. At the moment padding can't be used to make extra space (indents+spaces + must be used), but only to control how much the background-color extends beyond + the content rectangle. + </p> + </section> + <section> + <title>Tables</title> + <p>There two limitations for tables: 1) FOP needs you to explicitly specify column widths + 2) Cells have to contain block-level FOs. They can't contain straight character data. + </p> + <p>A working basic example of a table looks like this: </p> + <source><![CDATA[ +<fo:table> + <fo:table-column column-width="150pt"/> + <fo:table-column column-width="150pt"/> + <fo:table-body font-size="10pt" font-family="sans-serif"> + <fo:table-row> + <fo:table-cell> + <fo:block>text</fo:block> + </fo:table-cell> + <fo:table-cell> + <fo:block>text</fo:block> + </fo:table-cell> + </fo:table-row> + <fo:table-row> + <fo:table-cell> + <fo:block>text</fo:block> + </fo:table-cell> + <fo:table-cell> + <fo:block>text</fo:block> + </fo:table-cell> + </fo:table-row> + <fo:table-row> + <fo:table-cell> + <fo:block>text</fo:block> + </fo:table-cell> + <fo:table-cell> + <fo:block>text</fo:block> + </fo:table-cell> + </fo:table-row> + </fo:table-body> +</fo:table>]]></source> + </section> +</section> +</body> +</document> + |