[cl-typesetting-devel] Multi-page tables and layout

[Marc Battyani]

"Dmitri Ivanov" <divanov at aha.ru> writes:

> Sorry about previously posting to the wrong list.
>
> | Hello,
> |
> | I am on my way to split a table automatically and want your opinion. My
> | approach is to put separate rows into a vbox. Do you think this is the
> | right direction?
> |
> | What was the intention of the splitable-p slot in the table-row class?
> |
> | The weak point is that we don't have the position of the last item
> | stroked into the page at our disposal. Is it possible for
> | make-filled-vbox to return a dy-left or dy-allocated value indicating
> | how much vertical space was actually used?
> |
> | We do need a kind of top-level layout staff akin to DefDoc. Its unit
> | conversion module could also be of value.

Hi Dmitri,

I'm sorry but I can't find the time to reply in details before Friday or
Saturday. (Tomorrow I'm going to see customers in NL)

Marc