Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > There are things I like about Centipede, too, e.g. the cents, and I think >> > there could be a lot of synergy between maven and centipede, e.g. the skins >> > side of things is something I'd like to see with maven, but looking @ POI's >> > site under Linux, the stylesheets need some work :) >> >> Andrew, consider using the CSS from the Tigris Style project >> <http://style.tigris.org/>. It's a new project, but already in use in >> several major OSS code bases, including Maven, Scarab, and Eyebrowse. > > I looked at these and they're a major pain in the *** to modify - you > have to modify code in 3 places in 3 files or something for every change > you wish to make; css classes are used more widely than their naming > implies, etc.
Yes, the initial package was not easy to work with. Todd has addressed this somewhat in the latest CVS. Another RC will be forthcoming Real Soon (tm). > While this is a very plausible effort and I would like to help out, I > found it too difficult to figure out where to start so ended up > reworking some design I had lying around to do a quick demo. People > liked that a lot and it got used in POI. While cross-browser support is > somewhat worse, the sheet is generally clean enough to understand. > > It'd be cool if the style.tigris.org stuff got some docs and a little > refactoring so I could take those as a basis to start from and do some > tweaking. As it stands, such 'tweaking' would be a maintainance > nightmare. There is some minimal documentation now, and the CSS files are now not so difficult to deal with. >> The CSS was developed primarily by Todd Fahrner (a co-worker of mine >> who did a bit of work on the spec), and has excellent cross browser >> and accessiblity support. > > I would have to disagree on the accessibility. Without going into > details (most of you wouldn't be interested), I found it too difficult > to figure out where to submit what kind of patch. > > Maybe in a few weeks... If you just comment on the dev list <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it's likely Todd would take your recommendations. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
