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This Wiki Page attempts to describe the work needed to get FOP's HEAD ready for an initial release, a 0.3 say. It consolidates the layout issues listed on \[1\] and \[2\] and attempts to assign a priority and finger in the air estimate to complete/implement.  There are plenty of other things required for a full 1.0, but these are listed elsewhere. Aiming for an initial 0.3 release rather than a 1.0 is more practical and hopefully more likely to be acheived. Other items listed on \[1\] can then be attempted after an initial release has been done. 

• Resolution of over-constrained documents
  • High 2
  • 3 weeks
• Table column/row spanning
  • High 1
  • 1 week
  • done
• Table Border Handling, body/column/row area handling
  • High 2
  • 2 weeks
  • done (for separate border model only)
• Proper Table header/footer handling
  • High 1
  • 2 weeks
  • done
• Implement keep- properties on block level constructs
  • High 1
  • 4 weeks
  • done (some issues remain with keep-with-previous)
• Get Markers working - main problem is markers added to wrong page. LEWP is returning first on next page.
  • High 1
  • 3 days
  • done
• Get list indenting working
  • High 1
  • 1 week
  • done
• Implement underline/strikethrough/overline
  • High 1
  • 3 days
  • done
• Adjust spacing when adding areas. Must take conditional space supression into account
  • High 2
  • 2 weeks
• Add Ids/markers when Adding Areas
  • High 2
  • 3 days
  • markers: done, ids: not fully checked
• Verify that all Area Tree Information is correct
  • High 2
  • 3 days
  • WIP: this is done using layout engine test cases
• Verify that Blockviewport and other viewports are correct
  • High 2
  • 2 days
  • should be ok based on layout engine tests
• Multiple Column Layout
  • High 1
  • 1 week
  • mostly done. Problem with footnotes. See MultiColumnLayout for details.
• Absolutely Positioned Block Containers
  • High 1
  • 1 week
  • mostly done. Supported features: absolute-position (except fixed), left, top, right, bottom, height, bpd, ipd, reference-orientation, display-align, auto height. Missing: Proper space resolution, min/opt/max handling, writing-mode, z-index
• Background Images
  • High 1
  • 3 days
  • Implemented except for percentage-based positioning which only works for block-containers right now.
• Create a good Testing environment with several simple documents, each testing a single feature.
  • High 2
  • 1 week
  • done. Please add more tests as you go.
• Table auto layout and Border Collapse
  • Low
  • 3 months
• Table column creation when not defined
  • Med
  • 2 days
  • partly done
• Layout of footnote/ before floats with other layout managers
  • Med
  • 3 weeks
  • footnotes: done, before floats: open
• adding footnote/ before float area to area tree
  • Med
  • 3 weeks
  • footnotes: done, before floats: open
• Layout side floats with nearest Reference Area
  • Low
  • 2 weeks
• break/keep implications of side floats
  • Low
  • 3 weeks
• side floats adding to areas
  • Low
  • 1 week
• Implement baseline adjustment
  • Med
  • 2 days
• Implement ipd adjustment after page number resolution
  • Med
  • 1 week
• Clear Area Info once area added to parent and finished (???)
  • Med
  • 3 days
• How can extra things (extensions?) be handled
  • Med
  • 2 weeks
• Area Tree Optimisations
  • Low
  • 2 weeks
• Writing Mode, stacking direction and orientation, width/height vs ipd/bpd
  • Med
  • 6 weeks
• Relative Positioned Block Containers
  • Med
  • 1 week
• Fine-tuning line breaking and hypenation
  • Med
  • 1 week
• Last Page Layout
  • Med
  • 3 days
• Aligned Leaders especially in Justified Text
  • Med
  • 1 week
• BIDI Support
  • Low
  • 2 weeks
• Page Layout
  • High
  • 3 weeks
  • See PageLayout for a plan
    
    

\[1\] [FOPProjectTasks]

\[2\] http://xml.apache.org/fop/design/la