- From: Fred P. <fprog26@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:02:03 -0400
- To: thomas.deweese@kodak.com, www-svg@w3.org, Kim.Marriott@infotech.monash.edu.au
KM> Actually I don't think I want loops, goto or recursion, I think KM> that's when you move into a real programming language. What I want KM> is just enough to provide the sort of layout adjustment that is KM> required to handle changes in text size or browser window size or KM> simple widget layout when you have a fixed number of SVG elements. So, what's the difference between this and HTML table or text-flow or widget? I think that if you REALLY don't want scripting, than what you really want is the <grid> or <table> tags described earlier. [SVG] grid based layout DTD suggestion http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2003May/0017.html http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2003Apr/0099.html Grid layouts and zIndex http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2003Apr/0039.html Old fashion HTML were able to do +10px and similar using cellspacing, cellpadding and tables in tables layout, <div> or CSS for text or images. The advantage of using <grid> or <table> is that it's XML based and doesn't involve any scripting. Therefore, you only need to put your text in a grid table and transform it the shape you want. > This depends greatly on the complexity of the language. In Batik >for example it was relatively simple for us to support ECMA Script >because we could use existing software (which additionally compiles >the ECMAScript to Java bytecode, which in turn is general compiled to >machine code - meaning very high performance for complex scripts). Like I said earlier, this could be implemented with an 'onRefresh' event handler for each widget. > The mechanism for this is as yet undefined, it is most likely to >use either ECMAScript or XPath - both existing standards. I think that providing an 'onRefresh' or similar every time an item is drawn, resized, zoomed, rendered and providing grid/tables for text rendering. > The real question here (in my mind) is should such a document be >considered a static document. I am not so sure. Good point! =P Are HTML <Table width='70%'> considered static ? Sincerely yours, Fred. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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