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Date:      Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:47:19 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To:        "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] Smaller line length for FORMAT="txt"
Message-ID:  <20050103144719.GA21883@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <1104360913.36165.2.camel@tomcat.kitchenlab.org>
References:  <20041229205031.GC38432@gothmog.gr> <1104360913.36165.2.camel@tomcat.kitchenlab.org>

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On 2004-12-29 14:55, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Any objections to the following minor change to the doc makefiles?
> [snip]
>
> > The problem described in the PR is caused by the ``large'' line-width of
> > the ASCII text format.  Currently, this is set to 78 characters, but in
> > sysinstall's dialogs we have at least 2 characters less in each line
> > because of the dialog decorations.
> >
> > I completed a full doc/ build today with this patch.  I don't think it
> > breaks anything very important, so I would be glad if this was committed
> > some day.
>
> I ought to know the answer to this, but what happens to screenshots or
> very wide <pre></pre> elements?  This is not an objection, just a
> question.

The change I suggested affects only the text versions of the docs.

I haven't had a chance to proof-read everything, but I did check the
text version of the Handbook.  The <PRE> elements are left unchanged,
so they extend past 72 columns.

- Giorgos



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