Re: empty paragraph FO's and display space

Subject: Re: empty paragraph FO's and display space
From: Carlos Villegas <cav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 17:30:19 +0900
"STE MARIE, PAUL" wrote:
 
> <paragraph space-after="6pt"><text>PRIOR HISTORY:</text></paragraph>
> <paragraph space-before="6pt"></paragraph>
> <paragraph space-before="6pt" space-after="6pt"><text>People v. La
> Bello</text></paragraph>
> does the second paragraph create any additional vertical space? The Jade RTF
> backend current doesn't output an empty paragraph, and the vertical space
> between "PRIOR HISTORY" and "People v. La Bello" is 6 points. Our other
> backend output is current inserting 12 points of vertical space at this
> point. Which is right?

I think the RTF backend is correct and the space should be 6 points. See
clause 12.5.4.1 of the Spec which states what happens when two
display-spaces are
adjacent. The space-before/space-after characteristics generate objects
of
type display-space.

Cheers,

Carlos Villegas
Uniscope, Inc.


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