Re: Next Generation Containers.

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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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