in reply to code without newline doesn't wrap

Just to confirm your observation, I have been dealing with this for quite some time using Mozilla. Certain nodes would just come up with huge horizontal scrolling. I've just learned to accept it, but it would be cool if it could be fixed.
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Re^2: code without newline doesn't wrap ("AUTO"!)
by tye (Sage) on Feb 12, 2005 at 17:55 UTC

    Then turn "auto" code wrapping off!

    It doesn't seem to matter how many times I say this. Even in threads where I've said this I see later replies complaining that wrapping doesn't always work in Moz.

    Code wrapping works fine in Moz, but "auto" code wrapping doesn't. I guess part of the problem is that auto code wrapping often doesn't need the soft hyphens so people think "it works" because sometimes it does.

    Even castaway's explanation fails to mention "auto". That is what she is talking about but I think most would have a hard time figuring that out.

    As for code tags w/o newlines, such are meant for code within a sentence and as such aren't expected to start at the start of a line and so non-auto code wrapping would make no sense.

    If someone writes a paragraph of code w/o including a newline, then they've misused the formatting. If anyone wants that fixed then they'll have to write the code that accurately and efficiently distinguishes code within a paragraph from code as a paragraph.

    - tye        

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      I just turned it off. No change to this thread. Yes, firefox/mozilla is broken. Given that this is something they've known about for years and years, what is the likelihood of us getting them to fix it? More likely to get PM to change behaviour somehow. (And even then, with your exasperation, it seems that even that is unlikely.)

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        *sigh*

        As I said, non-auto code wrapping makes no sense for within-paragraph code tags. bart has misused within-paragraph code tags.

        My node was addressing multiple issues.

        - tye        

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        We don't need to fix it. Code wrapping works in Moz just fine. "Auto" code wrapping was designed around soft hyphens. I know of no way to immitate soft hyphens in a browser that doesn't support soft hyphens.

        But "auto" code wrapping is not a required feature. If you insist on using a browser that doesn't support soft hyphens, then either stop using the optional feature that depends on soft hyphens or stop complaining when it doesn't work.

        If you want progress in "fixing" this, then demonstrate you actually understand this and propose how you'd fix it.

        More likely to get PM to change behaviour somehow.

        Probably even more likely than to get you to change behavior somehow. ;)

        - tye        

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      Then turn "auto" code wrapping off!

      I did, and Mozilla still gives me a wide horizontal view of bart's post.

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