From: why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2004-02-19T00:56:13+09:00
Subject: Poignant mailing list (was Re: [ANN] Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby, Chapters 1 to 3)

Gavin Kistner wrote:

> On Feb 18, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Karl von Laudermann wrote:
>
>> One request though... the text doesn't wrap to the width of the 
>> browser window. The line length is fixed, forcing you to size the 
>> browser to a certain minimum width if you don't want to get a 
>> horizontal scroll bar.
>
>
> Why, if you are set against a scalable design (sometimes users need to 
> be saved from themselves by setting type with an optimal line-length) 
> may I suggest specifying the width of the content be specified in 'em' 
> rather than 'px'?
>
> This way the column width is locked to the current font size (allowing 
> you to control a reasonable line-length), which can be scaled by the 
> user.
>
>
> And even more off-topic...tables for layout?
> May I suggest my (currently-seeking-a-proper-home-on-my-site):
> http://phrogz.net/tmp/HowToDevelopWithCSS.html
>
> -- 
> (-, /\ \/ / /\/

Good, yeah.  Definitely want the whole thing to be cooperative with 
scroll bars and all kinds of rez.  Will check out the article.

If any of you would like to follow development of the book or assist in 
layout, discussion will continue on the mailing list.  
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