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On 2010-09-30, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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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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> The link above works fine although a bit wide. No horizontal scrollbar. |
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And what happens when you narrow the window to say 2/3 of that width? |
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Do the text paragrphs reformat to the new width, or do you just end up |
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with a scrollbar and paragraphs that you have to scroll right to read? |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/?part=1&chap=2 |
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> This one has a horizontal scrollbar but only adjust about a half inch or |
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> so. It almost fits. |
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Are the text paragraphs re-wrapped as you narrow the window? |
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