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.
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