Regarding this entire thread, I know an automatic method is attractive, and may make sense in some cases, but with programming examples, I think going fully automated is dangerous.
There are two competing questions: 1) Does the example scan well to the eye? 2) If the reader types (or cuts and pastes) the example into a compiler/interpreter verbatim, will it work? I don't know of any automated approach that can satisfy these two conditions consistently. I think you're better off having the stylesheet warn you when you exceed a maximum line length, and then fixing the offending examples directly. If you do that, you can be assured that examples will work the same for readers who type or cut/paste the example as it the original example did. Jirka does make a good point that you may not have that luxury, but if you don't, and you need to accept un-reviewed line breaks, then at least make files that contain the "true, unbroken" examples available for download. Best Regards, Dick Hamilton ------- XML Press XML for Technical Communicators http://xmlpress.net [email protected] (970) 231-3624 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
