From: David G. <go...@py...> - 2005-04-23 04:31:25
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[Felix Wiemann] > What about adding a default align attribute for inline images? The > current default behavior of the writers is "bottom", which seems > quite reasonable. That's what "#IMPLIED" attributes are for. Their defaults are implied, to be determined by the processing system. > So why not make sure that all writers use the same behavior and add > an attribute align="bottom" as a default (and add that in the > documentation) But why? What would it gain us that we don't already have? I don't see the point. That's what stylesheets are for. Besides, aren't "align" attributes deprecated in modern HTML & XHTML? Not that I agree with all the W3C's decisions; there are some layout attributes that need to be in the markup. Perhaps we should be using "style" attributes instead. > LaTeX support will be implemented in the new writer. (The writer is > about 50% completed now.) Why aren't you working on it in a branch? >> Modified: trunk/docutils/docs/ref/rst/directives.txt >> =================================================================== >> >> +``align`` : "left", "center", or "right" >> + The horizontal alignment of the figure, allowing the image to >> + float and have the text flow around it. The specific behavior >> + depends upon the browser or rendering software used. > > What does the last sentence mean? I think the behavior is quite > predictable, isn't it? Just covering our collective asses I guess ;-) Actually, it's just copied from the "image" directive description. And I don't find browser behavior predictable (one browser in particular; can you guess which? ;-). -- David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger> |