[WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period]

2006-10-15 Thread Designer
Chris Williams wrote: I have this problem, and I use nbsp;space and not nbsp;nbsp;. I find that works, and I haven't seen the space at the beginning problem. It seems that UA's can handle the nbsp; at the end of the line OK. I do this replacement with a simple regex in my PHP code. HTH,

[WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period]

2006-10-15 Thread Designer
Whoops! Sorry - sent to wrong list! Chris Williams wrote: I have this problem, and I use nbsp;space and not nbsp;nbsp;. I find that works, and I haven't seen the space at the beginning problem. It seems that UA's can handle the nbsp; at the end of the line OK. I do this replacement with

Re: [WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period]

2006-10-15 Thread Joshua Street
On 10/15/06, Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Williams wrote: The Chicago manual, the latest Strunk and White editions, and many others, still use it. Just because a random entry in Wikipedia and the AP don't do it, doesn't mean it's not right... And browsers don't do it because

Re: [WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period]

2006-10-15 Thread Joshua Street
On 10/16/06, Christian Montoya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i {padding-right : 1em; } then use i./i in the text. Actually I think using nbsp; is a lot better since that's the only solution that goes to print. Print stylesheet, anyone? I'd argue non breaking spaces are better if you're

RE: [WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period]

2006-10-15 Thread Chris Williams
This has clearly veered off topic, and I'm just waiting for a moderator comment... :) It's not really that complicated. Just look for a capital letter following a period, pay attention to quoted strings, and Mr., Ms., etc. and replace the intervening white space(s) with nbsp; . I use a couple

Re: [WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period]

2006-10-15 Thread Chris Williams
My only modification of this would be to use nbsp; rather than nbsp; nbsp;. It appears to me that some UA's word wrap the former better. From: Peter Firminger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Re: [css-d] Double space after a period] I'd search for a double space following a period and

[WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6

2006-10-15 Thread Andrew Ivin
Hi all, I am trying to find out what Netscape 6's capabilities are as far as relative positioning goes. I have a page where I have a parent div, absolutly positioned, with two relatively positioned child block level elemnets; one positioned to the top left, the other top right. The top right

Re: [WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6

2006-10-15 Thread John Faulds
Relative positioning is not a very reliable cross browser method for getting elements where you want them. You're better off using an element's margins for most positioning and in some cases floats (e.g. float: left/right). On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:35:58 +1000, Andrew Ivin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6

2006-10-15 Thread Samuel Richardson
On the contrary, it's very useful, and accurate: I used absolutely positioned divs on the www.intrepidtravel.com to add the rounded corners, logo and trip search box you see on every page. This has worked on every browser that I've tested, even down to IE5.5 -Original Message- From:

Re: [WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6

2006-10-15 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Oct 16, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Andrew Ivin wrote: I am trying to find out what Netscape 6's capabilities are as far as relative positioning goes. I have a page where I have a parent div, absolutly positioned, with two relatively positioned child block level elemnets; one positioned to the top

Re: [WSG] Relative positioning and Netscape 6

2006-10-15 Thread Mike at Green-Beast.com
Andrew wrote: I have a page where I have a parent div, absolutly positioned, with two relatively positioned child block level elemnets; one positioned to the top left, the other top right. Hello Andrew, I think the problem is that you have the positioning applied in reverse. What you need