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Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML out
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:27:08 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
rekado <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>> Perhaps also this:
>>
>> p { text-align: justify; }
>>
>> But then it looks like spacing around paragraphs would need to be
>> slightly increased, WDYT?
>
> In my experience, paragraph justification often looks terrible in many
> cases (especially when unbreakable phrases like <code> sections are
> embedded in the paragraph) unless hyphenation is enabled. Mozilla
> browsers (and possibly others) can do hyphenation, but it's done with a
> proprietary CSS property that is not necessarily supported by any other
> browser, which is why I didn't add them:
>
> p {
> -moz-hyphens: auto;
> text-align: justify;
> }
OK. Would it be possible to make the above CSS rule conditional on
having a Mozilla-compatible browser, and just leave text unjustified in
other cases?
Otherwise leaving text always unjustified is fine.
>> Bullet lists also slightly protrude in the margin; perhaps that should
>> be fixed?
>
> Placing the bullets (as well as numbers in numbered lists) in the margin
> ensures that the flow of text on the left hand side is uninterrupted,
> making list items more legible.
Fair enough.
> (I should add that I'm not trying to push this stylesheet through as is.
> I just think that the few relatively uncontroversial changes it contains
> result in much more legible manuals, something we almost take for
> granted in printend or TeX-processed documents. I think it would be a
> benefit if the generated defaults for HTML would also result in
> comparably legible text.)
OK, I’d be in favor of pushing this first version to gnu.org (it’s
already a big improvement) so we can move forward, and then we can
always iterate.
Karl: WDYT?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Ludovic Courtès, 2014/12/11
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Pádraig Brady, 2014/12/11
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, rekado, 2014/12/11
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Ludovic Courtès, 2014/12/12
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, rekado, 2014/12/12
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Karl Berry, 2014/12/12
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Ludovic Courtès, 2014/12/13
- Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Karl Berry, 2014/12/13
Re: [PATCH] gendocs.sh: default to a common CSS style sheet for HTML output, Karl Berry, 2014/12/11