Just to follow up on this, I'm plan to check this in if no one objects or has a better approach. I've put up a wiki page to demonstrate the effect of the changes:
<http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Boost_Documentation_Format/CSS_Change_Proposal> or http://tinyurl.com/47jbs Pay careful attention to the code blocks. The point of the change is to give us more room when we put code examples in the tables. Comments? Jeff On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:28:59 -0700, Bart wrote > I'm working on date_time documentation updates. We've been using boostbook > for a while now. We also use tables to show syntax, examples, and > descriptions of various classes. > > The problem I'm trying to correct is line wrap and text > justification (see the description column on > http://tinyurl.com/69qpn for a good example). > > For syntax and examples we are now using the screen tag. This offers > control over line wrap and things are starting to look really good, > however, there is a lot of empty space in these cells. (sorry, I > don't have an example of this in cvs). > > Boostbook.css has the following defined: > /* Program listing box */ > .programlisting, .screen > { > display: block; > margin-left: 4%; > margin-right: 4%; > padding: 0.5pc 0.5pc 0.5pc 0.5pc; > } > > Is 0.5pc padding *and* a 4% margin really necessary? > > Removing either the margins or the padding still has a nice, uncluttered > appearance (I think removing the margins looks best). > > If it is necessary, could these two (programlisting & screen) be > split up where one has the padding but no margin? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
