[PATCH] Help Viewer - mouse issues
Pavel Tsekov
ptsekov at gmx.net
Sat Jan 6 11:17:47 UTC 2007
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Grigory Trenin wrote:
> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>
>> Implementing either solution would not remove the necessity of this:
>>
>> [...]
>> need to revise the help files for all languages, to check
>> if they fit in the window, and fix them if necessary.
>> [...]
>>
>> To fix this there should be no preformatted pages involved, IMO. But
>> I may be wrong.
>>
>
> Well, sometimes preformatting is useful.
> Of course, it shouldn't be used for regular text, as it is used now.
> But in some nodes config files samples (like mc.menu) are given,
> and it is necessary to preserve indents and avoid line wraping
> for them.
>
> Besides, man2hlp handles a limited number of groff commands,
> it doesn't handle ".ce" command for example, so it is not
> possible to center lines with man2hlp. It is done by
> preformatting now. If we decide to eliminate all preformatting,
> it is necessary to patch man2hlp to center lines.
>
> I don't know whether the result will cover the efforts.
> May be it is easier just to leave that space on the right as is,
> and make it mouse-clickable?
Well, we can go with the simple solution for now - but it
should be documented somewhere to prevent further confusion.
As to whether it is worth the effort - think about this:
Me and you together spent a considerable amount of time on a
simple issue - was it worth it ? I think making the things right
will allow the developer to spend his time on more pressing issues.
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