[Bug 11660] New: 5.2.1 "last-line-minimum-deficit"

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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11660

Summary: 5.2.1 "last-line-minimum-deficit"
Product: XSLFO
Version: 2.0 Working Draft
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: XSL-FO
AssignedTo: ***@MenteithConsulting.com
ReportedBy: ***@gmail.com
QAContact: xsl-***@w3.org


"The last-line-minimum-deficit property specifies a length (x) for the minimum
line length deficit for the last line-area of a block-area. More precisely, it
specifies a constraint on the last line-area child of the last block-area L
generated and returned by the formatting object, such that the inline L is
either equal to the available width (w) in the inline-dimension (as the term is
used in the "justify" value of "text-align"), or is less than or equal to w
minus x."

Above contains 'block-area L' and 'inline L'
which is confusing.

I find the use of the word 'deficit' unclear in this context, after the
description in 5.2. Seems to lack clarity in what is deficient wrt what?

From the previous description "force line justification when the line length is

within a certain range. " which I find clear, perhaps justify-when-greater-than
might be clearer, since the description intimates that justification will only
take place when the actual length is greater than some value?