Andrew, From: "Andrew Ballantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > Thanks for your observations, but I don't really understand how you expect > me to fix it. > I regret that none of your comments are any help as the example page is not > editable.
Did you try them ? > I also note that even the sandbox page is slightly wider than the browser > window resulting in a horizontal slider at the bottom of the screen. Poor > HTML design again. A way to help to resolve this problem would be to explain the problem to Attlassian (Confluence editor). This link might help http://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12 > I use a 1024 x 768 screen which is quite enough on a standard 17" screen. > > I must also say that this new wiki is not particularly user friendly. Yes, > one can get used to it, but there is plenty of wiki software out there that > is intuitive. Hey Ho, I'll struggle on, but all these hurdles are > depressing. Do you know one that allow to set permissions by document ? This one of the main reason of Conflucence choice. You may find more in Nabble : http://www.nabble.com/forum/Search.jtp?local=y&forum=2740&query=Confluence > Everyone seems so defensive on this project I am finding it is difficult to > contribute as I am getting to the point where I am not sure I dare to > comment for fear of another lashing or negative response. Don't be shy ;o) We are here to help ! If nobody was never complaining that would not be anymore democracy. Jacques > > Kind regards, > > Andrew Ballantine > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Ruppert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 January 2007 14:30 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Wiki issue > > > I think the biggest reason that I would see is that some things wrap and > are fine contextually - much of the time . . . command lines do not fall > into this category. My recommendation on this one would be to get a shorter > example, but wrapping can be a good way to go for sure. > > > Cheers, > Tim > > -- > Tim Ruppert > HotWax Media > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > > o:801.649.6594 > f:801.649.6595 > > > > > On Jan 24, 2007, at 7:19 AM, Andrew Sykes wrote: > > > Andrew, Tim, > > > The diff line definitely seems to be the problem, perhaps it would be a > good idea to have a best practise somewhere that asked for verbatim > lines to be split when they were in danger of causing this kind of > formatting problem, I see it too, and it definitely isn't too > pretty! :-) > > > e.g. > $ start of line > ~\ continuation > ~\ even more... > > > Is there any reason not to do this? > > > - Andrew > > > > > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 07:01 -0700, Tim Ruppert wrote: > Andrew, I'm guessing hte problem that you're having with this is > caused by two things: > > > > > 1. You have quite a small viewable space in your browser > 2. the svn diff of ShipmentServices is a bit wider than you have going > on. > > > > > #1 we can't help you with :) - #2 is probably something more in the > way Confluence handles verbatim text. In this particulart case, we > would have a few options: > > > > > 1. Make the example path shorter > 2. See where & why Confluence handles these this way. > > > > > I'm guessing that it's easier to do #1, but maybe someone know why > verbatim-esque things are handle this way. I checked a bunch of other > wiki formats and they ALL pretty much handle them in a similar manner > because it's just following what the user asked - to display something > exactly the way that they see it. > > > > > Anyways, I hope this helps explain the mystery. > > > > > Cheers, > Tim > -- > Tim Ruppert > HotWax Media > http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > > > > > o:801.649.6594 > f:801.649.6595 > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 2007, at 4:37 AM, Andrew Ballantine wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > I have noticed that quite a few of the wiki pages extend wider than > the > browser page. > > > > > Is it not possible to set the wiki HTML so that it always > proportions the > content to the current size of the window? > > > > > The reason for the request is that it quite difficult to read a long > document with having to constantly shift the window from side to > side. > > > > > An example of this is: > http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Contributors+Best > +Practices > > > > > I am using Firefox 2.0.0.1 on Windows2000 if that makes any > difference. > Internet V6 does the same. > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > Andrew Ballantine. > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/649 - Release Date: > 23/01/2007 > 20:40 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ***************************************************************** > This email has been checked by the altohiway Mailcontroller Service > ***************************************************************** > > > > > -- > Kind Regards > Andrew Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sykes Development Ltd > http://www.sykesdevelopment.com > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.8/649 - Release Date: 23/01/2007 > 20:40 >
