Re: Spacing problem with mixed English and Arabic

At 2012-09-17 14:02 -0500, Ryan Fong wrote:
>G'day, mates.  I'm using Apache FOP 1.1rc1 on Java 1.7.0_07 64-bit and
>have a spacing problem.
>
>I have a block that says "Page x of x".  The text has been translated to
>Arabic and the numeric values are replaced with the fo calculated values
><fo:page-number/> and <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="last-page"/>.
>Writing mode has been set right-to-left.
>
>The problem is that the rendered page shows the numbers overlapping the
>text.  It is as if the spaces are ignored when the numbers are placed
>within the text.  I've tried using the word-spacing attribute on
>fo:block but the spaces are rendered unevenly, most of the space occurs
>to the left of the number.
>
>I've also noticed that any attempt to place a border around the number
>itself, such as using fo:inline with a colored border around the
>fo:page-number, results in a very thin line being displayed to the left
>of the number.  This indicates something wrong with the way it's
>calculated.
>
>I'd appreciate any workarounds for this problem or assistance
>identifying this as a bug in the rendering engine.  Thank you!

I'd call it a bug in the rendering engine.  There is certainly 
nothing I know of in the specification that would allow the overwrite.

Have you tried just a simple XSL-FO instance that illustrates the 
problem?  If you post it to the list, then I and other can try out 
the fragment in other rendering engines.

A starting fragment is below ... simply replace the text and add the 
properties as needed, then run it in FOP to prove to yourself there 
is a problem, then post it to the list for others to try.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . .  Ken

<?xml version="1.0"?><!--mixdir.fo-->
<root xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
       font-family="Times" font-size="20pt">

   <layout-master-set>
     <simple-page-master master-name="frame"
                         page-height="297mm" page-width="210mm"
                         margin-top="15mm" margin-bottom="15mm"
                         margin-left="15mm" margin-right="15mm">
       <region-body region-name="frame-body"/>
     </simple-page-master>
   </layout-master-set>

   <page-sequence master-reference="frame">
     <flow flow-name="frame-body">
       <block>Test of mixing directions:</block>
       <block>Page 123 of 456</block>
     </flow>
   </page-sequence>
</root>


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