- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:52:16 +0200
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: David Hyatt <hyatt@apple.com>, www-style@w3.org
Also sprach Tab Atkins Jr.:
> > The GCPM paged-* values don't specify how the content should be
> > printed onto those three sheets, but it specifies that (a) there
> > should be sheets and (b) which direction those sheets should be laid
> > out.
>
> If it doesn't specify, then that's just confusing. What happens if
> content overflows in both directions?
That should be specified in paged media. Normal printing has the same
problem: paper sheets are printed linearly, but one can have overflow
in two directions.
> Paged Media currently always sends the block-axis overflow (or
> vertical-axis, I dunno which) to the next page. Inline (/horizontal)
> overflow is hidden. Presumably this should work the same.
Yes, it should work the same. But it should only be specified in one place.
-h&kon
Håkon Wium Lie CTO °þe®ª
howcome@opera.com http://people.opera.com/howcome
Received on Wednesday, 12 October 2011 15:52:53 UTC