[gentoo-user] Re: ridiculously wide handbook pages

[Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>]

On 2010-09-30, J??rg Schaible <joerg.schaible@gmx.de> wrote:

>> I could reduce the minimum size of my "fixed" font, but that only
>> helps until the next web page comes along with an even wider code
>> block.
>
> Try a different fixed font. At the end I've chosen "Monotype",
> because it seems to have the narrowest well-readable letters.

That's still just a kludge/bandage for a broken document.

I've got no complaint about the width of the listing blocks.

The problem is that the wrap width of normal text paragraphs shouldn't
be determined by the width of listing blocks.  It should be determined
by the width of the browser window.

I'd also set a maximum text width to keep paragraphs somewhat readable
when you widen the window to see all of a really wide listing block. 
But, I'm willing to admit that's a more of a style/preference
question.

Here's an example of how to do it right (both decoupled text/listing
widths and a max-width for text):

  http://www.panix.com/~grante/wrapdemo.html

I've filed a bug, so anybody with an opinion can weigh in there as
well.

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