[xep-support] line-through space leader (Fixed-length space that does not stretch from justification)

[Alexander Peshkov]

Hello Louis,

Unfortunately, text-decoration="line-through" implementation in XEP is
not quite compliant. In your case, I suggest to use following
work-around:
instead of
  first<fo:leader leader-length="20pt"/>second
use
  first<fo:inline letter-spacing="20pt - 0.3em">&#xA0;</fo:inline>second

It will give you the desired effect. Note that in XSL FO
letter-spacing is *added* to the width of non-breaking space so if you
want to have exactly a 20pt gap you need to reduce letter-spacing by
the width of one typographic space which is about 0.3em.

We plan to improve XEP support for "line-through" value in the
future, but I can't give you any time line.

Best regards,
Alexander Peshkov                             mailto:peshkov at renderx.com
RenderX


LM> From: Alexander Peshkov <peshkov at renderx.com>  suggested some time ago :

>> LM> Yes, maybe. I did not try keeps. 
>> 
>> Actually there is no need for keeps. Just make sure there is no spaces 
>> between leader and words. 

LM> Okay this works ("1em" as a leader-length seems to generate a very long leader though) but how do I draw a line across this space (to indicate deletion for instance) ?
LM> text-decoration="line-through" seems to have no effect when the leader-pattern is space.


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