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On 2010-09-30, Darren Kirby <bulliver@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Grant Edwards |
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><grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I can understand that things like example code blocks or sample |
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>> command input/output blocks might need to be wide enough to require |
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>> horizontal scrolling of a browser window, but normal text paragraphs |
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>> with 160 characters per line? |
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> I'm not seeing a problem here. Sure, the lines are long but my screen |
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> is large and my resolution is high. A quick play with firefox and konq |
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> shows that the text reformats itself quite elegantly when you resize |
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> your browser window to say, 2/3 of screen width. |
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I'm using firefox, and the text doesn't reformat for me. I just end |
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up with a change in the size of the horizontal scrollbar. Are you |
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sure you're looking at the same pages I was talking about? |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=1&chap=2 |
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> I think that's a better solution than imposing some arbitrary line |
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> length on everyone no matter their screen size and resolution. |
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Yes, that would be fine if, in fact, it worked. But it doesn't. |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Wow! Look!! A stray |
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at meatball!! Let's interview |
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gmail.com it! |