[pmwiki-users] Word wrap problem

[Radu]

At 03:23 PM 4/19/2005, Joachim Durchholz wrote:
>Radu wrote:
>>As for the editing tools... I like the idea but I don't like the
>>depth of the tricks one has to code in order for some feature to work
>>on most platforms. If one really wants a good cross-platform editor,
>>one could be built in Flash.
>
>Which version? There are so many to choose from...

I use two versions: 6 (MX), for its laxer cross-domain security model and 7 
(MX2004) for the extra features. The latest versions of each, of course. I 
have it on my to-do list anyway, to do a Flash applet at least for editing 
(if not for the entire interface), that would handle a lot of stuff like 
content positioning, reducing bandwidth, and interaction for things like 
the WikiDraw recipe. I know it's a rather big project, but I'll get there 
one way or another, sooner or later :)

>... besides, some people don't have Flash installed. (Including Yours
>Truly here - deterred by some early reports about Flash "phoning home"
>when it shouldn't.)

OK, so you would not use it. I never said everyone should :) You could 
probably build a dhtml version anyway.

>>>>There's no good column to break at. People with a wide screen
>>>>will be unhappy if the admin sets it to anything less than 40,
>>>>people with a narrow screen will be unhappy if the admin sets it
>>>>to anything above 30.
>>That's a good point, and all the admin has to do is to change the
>>number clearly visible in the markup. Or if it really has to be left
>>to authors, a directive could be added to set a variable for the
>>markup.
>
>None of this really solves the problem, which is:
>
>*It is the end user towards who sets the line width.* Implicitly, via
>the width of the browser window.

I beg to differ. Preformatting is called such because it is left at the 
latitude of the author. Some people want to have their text show up just as 
they lay it down, spacing, relative positioning and all. If you want 
window-wrapping, you can use normal text. Here we're talking about doing 
tricks that would simplify the life of the author trying to preformat after 
pasting from other sources, that's all.


Cheers,
Radu
(www.monicsoft.net)