On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 03:00:34PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > There are several places where the max-width parameter was set to 800px. I > don't think I should remove that parameter completely because can be a > problem when the text viewed is too wide. Think of a book where the line > length is very long, say 8 inches with a normal (about 11 or 12 pt font). > > However I could change those values to font dependent units like em (height > of font) or ex (width of font). Right now I changed it to 100ex. That > seems to do the right thing when I zoom. > Too wide? The width is up to the user : my system, my choice of font, font size, and graphical browser window size.
sarcasm: Perhaps I should go back to a 640x480 display so that my lines are not "too wide". I've come back to the second machine (to try the 4.2-rc6 kernel). For the window width I was last using, with Proportional set to Serif, Serif specifying Linux Libertine G, Sans Serif specifying Liberation Sans, and Monospace specifying monospace : things are ok up to 16pt (for proportional and monospace). Assuming that the indentations on the commands are 4 spaces, I'm getting a total of 75 character cells in the command lines. Not sure if the proportional 'Sans Serif' implies DejaVu or Linux Libertine G, nor if 'monospace' implies DejaVu Mono. But in any case the main text appears to be Sans so that will be Liberation Sans. If I change to 18pt, the install command from intltool gets a scroller. I still think the horizontal scrollbars are *stupid* when the books are supposed to provide text that people can read (they also have the implication that if you copy and ppaste when you cannot see the whole text, you might not get all of it : been there pasting from a different site using a similar arrangement. This is now probably usable - for me - for LFS. The 100ex limit seems to be working in e.g. the introduction to findutils, but for BLFS I will reserve judgement. ĸen -- This one goes up to eleven: but only on a clear day, with the wind in the right direction. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
