Re: Towards resolution of SVG 1.2 Flowing text

Chris Lilley wrote:

>On Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 8:27:02 PM, Robert wrote:
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>ROC> Chris Lilley wrote:
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>>>Or alternatively, that the definition of a para is presentational. Which it is, as in languages like HTML which sit somewhere in the middle of the continuum from abstraction to concreteness.
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>ROC> Then what exactly is the defined presentational behaviour of a 
>ROC> paragraph, and how does it differ from a DIV?
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>paragraphs, like divs, are a block of text that starts on a new line and
>whose following block of text also starts on a new line. This is why I
>said they are mid way along the continuum.
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Right OK, but if you agree SVG text is purely presentational and 
flowPara and flowDiv have identical presentation, then why not remove 
flowPara in favour of flowDiv?

Rob

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