| Limitations |
FOP implements the fo objects and properties listed in features, sometimes it does so only in a limited way.
| fo:leader |
leader-length.minimum is not used at all
| page-number-citation |
Only works for table of contents without any problems. The case where the page number doesn't fit on a line isn't handled, and any text on the same line and after the page-number might not appear exactly where you want it to.
| Padding |
Padding works in conjunction with indents and spaces. It is only implemented for blocks. At the moment padding can't be used to make extra space (indents+spaces must be used), but only to control how much the background-color extends beyond the content rectangle.
| Tables |
There two limitations for tables: 1) FOP needs you to explicitly specify column widths 2) Cells have to contain block-level FOs. They can't contain straight character data. A working basic example of a table looks like this:
    <fo:table>
     <fo:table-column column-width="150pt"/>
     <fo:table-column column-width="150pt"/>
     <fo:table-body font-size="10pt" font-family="sans-serif">
      <fo:table-row>
       <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block>text</fo:block>
       </fo:table-cell>
       <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block>text</fo:block>
       </fo:table-cell>
      </fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-row>
       <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block>text</fo:block>
       </fo:table-cell>
       <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block>text</fo:block>
       </fo:table-cell>
      </fo:table-row>
      <fo:table-row>
       <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block>text</fo:block>
       </fo:table-cell>
       <fo:table-cell>
        <fo:block>text</fo:block>
       </fo:table-cell>
      </fo:table-row>
     </fo:table-body>
    </fo:table>

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