[reportlab-users] Understanding Wordwrap, esp. in tables

[Andrew Smart]

> what is left oriented wordwrapping are we talking bidi etc etc.


"Left"-oriented wordwrapping:
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This is a long sentence 
which has a left 
oriented word wrapping.
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"Block"-oriented wordwrapping:
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This is a long sentence 
Which    has   a   left 
Oriented  word wrapping.
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The difference is how the left-over space is spent: between the
words or at the end of the line. 


> Table cells know nothing about wrapping; they know about text 

> lines and flowables (but not simultaneously. Paragraphs just 

> about know how to break lines at spaces or at <br/> tags. We 

> don't split inside words and I don't think we do right to 

> left although others have done both.


Ok, understood. 

Regards,
Andrew