Sorry to post this to the whole list, but I don't know what group of people can actually make this needed change.
Mailman's FAQ wizard appears to be using the faqconf.py default definition of PROLOGUE, namely PROLOGUE = ''' <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>%(title)s</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND="http://www.python.org/pics/RedShort.gif"; BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#AA0000" VLINK="#906A6A"> <H1>%(title)s</H1> ''' There is a problem with this discussed below. I believe the appropriate thing to do is override this in faqcust.py with PROLOGUE = ''' <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>%(title)s</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#AA0000" VLINK="#906A6A"> <H1>%(title)s</H1> ''' The issue is that "http://www.python.org/pics/RedShort.gif"; is a white rectangle, 2000 pixels wide by 8 pixels high with a 4 pixels wide by 3 pixels high red rectangle in it's upper left corner. Some browsers, e.g. MSIE 6.0 and Netscape 7.2 on MS Windows and MSIE 5.2 on Mac OS X repeat the background in 8 pixel high strips, thus giving a red 'gear tooth' pattern down the left side of the page. I think this is distracting, but OK. Other browsers such as Netscape 8.0.4 in both IE and Firefox modes on MS Windows display just a plain white background. I think this is best. Still other browsers such as Netscape 7.1 and Safari 1.3.1 on Mac OS X render the background with a thin, maybe 1 pixel high black space or border between each repetition of the background. This gives the appearance of a background of thin, horizontal, black lines spaced about 8 or 9 pixels apart which makes the text very difficult to read. I think we should make the change above which will give a plain white background in all browsers, which I think is the most pleasing rendition anyway. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Any clod can have the facts; San Francisco Bay Area, California having opinions is an art. - C. McCabe, The Fearless Spectator _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
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