On 25/10/05 1:59 PM, "Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Other than a scroll bar (overflow) there is no solution? > > The reason I need to use <pre> is that the content comes from a database that > doesn't use HTML <br>'s, but normal linebreaks. So to format the text > correctly I need to put it in <pre> tags, but of course I want it to still fit > into the rest of the content. Can you not use PHP to replace the line breaks with <br /> tags? I use something like this: <?php $br = chr(10); //single line feed character (LF) $description = str_replace(chr(10), "<br />\n"); // etc ?> You just need to verify which character your db is using for line breaks (MySQL?). Sorry to the list for straying off-topic, and apologies to Andreas (like the new site mate!) if I'm barking up the wrong tree. -- Kevin Futter Webmaster, St. Bernard's College http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
