[reportlab-users] Patch to support tables with oversize cells

[Lennart Regebro]

Hi! Have you been able to look more at this?

I'm feeling pretty good about the patch now, with added tests and better
command handling.


On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:33 PM Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:

> Hi Lennart,
>
> tried the latest patch and it seems better for backgrounds etc etc. See
> the attached test script which I used to see
> what was happening visually some examples are seen with
>
> python lennart-example.py --split=36 --splitByRow=1 --splitInRow=1
> --pdfn=sss.pdf
> python lennart-example.py --split=58 --splitByRow=1 --splitInRow=1
> --pdfn=sss.pdf
> python lennart-example.py --split=58 --splitByRow=0 --splitInRow=1
> --pdfn=sss.pdf
>
> I haven't run this version entirely though the tests yet, but I will try
> over the weekend.
>
> As for small tables:
>    widow is end of something alone at the start of a page. A widow has a
> past, but no future.
>    orphan is start of something alone at the end of a page. An orphan has
> no past, but has a future.
> ....
> thanks again for the effort
> --
> Robin Becker
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