RE: The simple-page-sequence FO vs the page-sequence FO - Possible implementation in PDF.

[Avi Kivity <Avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, March 07, 1999 00:48, Didier PH Martin
[SMTP:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> I just read the specs and a simple-page-sequence is a lot more
> easier to
> implement than a page-sequence object. In fact, the main difference
> is that
> a simple-sequence-object has a less features than a page-sequence
> object.

I am quite certain that s-p-s could be implemented in terms of p-s.

> 
> The main difference between these two page models is that all with
> the
> simple-page-sequence model all pages are the same. With the page-
> sequence
> model pages could be with different characteristics. For example the
> first
> page of a document could be with different settings than the other
> pages.
> 
> So
> a) simple-page-sequence is easy to implement - all pages are the
> same
> b) page sequence needs more work because pages could be different.
> 

Did you consider page-models, column-sets, column-subsets, zones, floats,
ports, sync sets, spans? 
I get dizzy just considering all the names.

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