[reportlab-users] WordCount in reportlab paragraph

[Robin Becker]

Andy Robinson wrote:

> 2009/2/27 Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com>:

>> Harald, thanks for the report. Unfortunately I think the problem lies

>> elsewhere

> ...


Harald, I think the(at least my) problem can be fixed with this patch; can you 
try it out?

Index: /code/reportlab/platypus/paragraph.py
===================================================================
--- /code/reportlab/platypus/paragraph.py       (revision 3441)
+++ /code/reportlab/platypus/paragraph.py       (working copy)
@@ -1118,9 +1118,11 @@
                          if nText!='' and nText[0]!=' ':
                              g.text += ' ' + nText

+                    ni = 0
                      for i in w[2:]:
                          g = i[0].clone()
                          g.text=i[1]
+                        if g.text: ni = 1
                          words.append(g)
                          fontSize = g.fontSize
                          if calcBounds:
@@ -1134,6 +1136,7 @@
                          maxSize = max(maxSize,fontSize)
                          maxAscent = max(maxAscent,ascent)
                          minDescent = min(minDescent,descent)
+                    if not nText and ni: n+=1

                      currentWidth = newWidth
                  else:  #either it won't fit, or it's a lineBreak tag



> 

> This kind of problem is eminently suited to unit tests, when


when the unit test framework can look at our pdfs and see that a word is not 
properly aligned then I'll give in. We could try saving images of these problems 
(say using ghost script) and then compare images.


> you have them.  Harald, could you spare us a paragraph

> of super-long German insurance words for a test case without

> violating client confidentiality?  It would be more fun!

> 

> - Andy

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-- 
Robin Becker