FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: Another problem with tables in Arachne 1.89 - what exactly does "100%" mean?

["Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:30:09 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:41:55 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

>> On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:05:56 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

>>> Hi!

>>> I encountered yet another problem with Arachne using strange values for
>>> the width of tables:

>>>
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10182315&forum_id=36903

>>> This time, it is the opposite problem; instead of shrinking the width of
>>> a cell to a narrow band, it becomes a mutiple of the width of the whole
>>> screen, resulting in lines that are very hard to read due to the need to
>>> scroll the screen backwards and forwards several times.

>>> So I wonder, what does Arachne assume to be a width of "100%"?

>> This one again (just like the last one), has nothing to do with Arachne.

>> The problem is very long lines of text.

>> http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/longlines.htm

>> I shortened the lines of text and it displays just fine now,
>> and does not require 'side scroll' even at 640x480 resolution.

>> --
>> Glenn

> Sorry, Glenn, that was my fault - like I said, I simply overlooked the
> <pre> tag.

> But I am curious whether you have a similar explanation for the problem
> I mentioned here:

> http://www.freelists.org/archives/arachne/02-2006/msg00058.html

> Unlike the other one which seems to be a problem with Sourceforge, the
> posts in my forum display properly with Mozilla but not with Arachne.

> So while the problem I reported now had nothing to do with Arachne, I am
> still convinced that Arachne *has* problems with displaying tables
> correctly.

As I said.... it's the same problem.... the line of text is very long.

The reason this one ends-up all crammed to the left is due to thew fact
that it is not in a <pre> tag and is not in a <td nowrap>

Here's the fixed version ... http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/sameprob.htm

And if you won't take my word for it.

Here is the section from your first post which displays badly....

<div_class="MessageBody">&quot;PROGRAMS_TO_WRITE_DVD_VIDEOS_UNDER_DOS&quot;&lt;br_/&gt;&lt;div_style="text-align:_justify;"&gt;
<br_ab>&lt;br_/&gt;DOSCDROAST_/_GOLDENHAWK_???&lt;br_/&gt;&lt;br_/&gt;Note_that_DVD_is_a_crap_(tons_of_copy_protection_/_short_
ife&lt;br_/&gt;of_DVD+-R_and_even_less_of_DVD-+RW,_-/+_incompatibility,_and_now,&lt;br_/&gt;new_versions_are_coming_out_(HD-DVD
&amp;_BLUE-DVD,_both_with_MUCH_&lt;br_/&gt;more_copy_protection_/_DRM)._&lt;br_/&gt;&lt;br_/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</div>____<br>_<br>
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The entire section of text is on just 2 lines.
The 1st line is 102 characters (after the <div ... > tag)
The 2nd line is 357 characters (between <br ab> and </div>)
(I have 'forced it wide' in this email by changeing all spaces to underscores.
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Now notice the difference with this reply of yours which displays correctly....

<div class="MessageBody">I do not really know if this is a bug in the FireFox 
browser, but it
<br ab>definetely seems to be related to the browser. I have never
<br ab>experienced this problem with Arachne, so I am sure that it is not the
<br ab>forum software that is the culprit.<p ab>I just asked if you are using 
FireFox because Flo has the same
<br ab>problem, and he is also using FireFox.<p ab>Regarding the other forums - 
well, I guess most are configured to
<br ab>accept HTML, so this might be the reason. However, I will definetely
<br ab>not enable HTML in this forum since it would make it easier for
<br ab>spammers to place malicious code. Besides, it would make talking about
<br ab>HTML code more difficult if the forum would execute the tags instead
<br ab>of displaying them. :-)
<br ab></div>    <br> <br>

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 Glenn
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