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I'm not sure if this is under doc or qa, but |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/asneeded.xml |
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could use a relatively minor but quite helpful usability tweak. |
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Code listing 1.1 is of course <pre>. Line 57 (as delivered), the line |
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with all those libs, ends up /very/ long for a single line. Even at |
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relatively small font sizes, it requires a window nearly 1024 px wide, |
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and that's not even displaying the full ad column yet. Of course, that |
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forces the entire content to that width as well, so it's not just the |
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single line at that width. Gentoo can be commended for using "%" sized |
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layout as the default, generally making page width relatively flexible, |
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and normally code listings aren't long enough to be all /that/ much |
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trouble (thanks to the doc team and others' hard work) but this one needs |
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a little lovin', due to that one long line of code. |
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If the line could be split in half, so it displays on two lines, it would |
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make viewing a bit easier in a narrower window. Of course, it'll be |
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split in most console windows, so splitting it for display on the page |
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shouldn't be a big problem. |
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(FWIW, I run 1600 width by default, but have my browser windows set to |
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800 width by default, so I can view two windows side-by-side. I can |
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barely run 2048 width, for two by 1024 px windows, but the text gets |
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blurry and the monitors only run 60 Hz at that, so it's not ideal. One |
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of these days I'll upgrade again, but until then, content columns that |
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exceed 800 px are irritating.) |
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Or is a bug a better way to go at this? I don't know how doc team works. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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