> So, given 2 or more inline-rules in a line,what do you expect? The most
 > logical choices are: 
 >   "disallowed"
 >      which is not supported in the history of typographic applications, or 
 >   "equalize length"
 >      which is what every publishing industry product I know of (or have
 >      worked on) has done. (Thus the genesis of the phrase "reasonable 
 >      expectation".)

In the shower this morning, I suddenly realised you were right about
this. Sorry, forget my objections.
 > For absolute positioning in the centered field:
 >   you may not say "center='auto'",
 >   you must specify:
 >     position=absolute
 >     left=[0]
 >     right=[region-width] and 
 >     text-align=center
 >   to get the desired result.
 > The left & right fields are analogous (l=0,r=width, text-align=L/R).

Ah, right, I get you. what David and I would call \rlap :-}

I'll try implementing this.

Sebastian


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