My page print margins are 10mm left and right, 15mm top and bottom on A4 paper. I have printed the Linux Handbook in its entirety. At approximately page 41 of 91, section "installing GRUB", code listing 4: grub.conf for genkernel users, the line kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev is truncated. My print-out shows: kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root Is this a browser bug or an error in the html code? This line is probably one of the longest in the handbook. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
(In reply to comment #0) > Is this a browser bug I think so. FYI, Mozilla (1.5) clips, Opera (8.51) wraps.
Technically it might be a bug in IE6. However, the bug affects gentoo users trying to follow the handbook, many of whom like myself are new to linux and follow the handbook without any real understanding of what might be missing. Moreover, the on-screen message after the section 7.d, code listing 17,command: # genkernel all finishes by saying: (1) Required kernel paramaters real_root=/dev/$ROOT where $ROOT is device node for your root partition as the one specified in /etc/fstab [very clear] (2) If you require Genkernels detection features, you must tell the bootloader to use the provided INITRAMFS file. [very clear] (3) Otherwise sustitute the root argument for the real_root if you are not planning to use the initrd [confusing, does this mean I set the required kernel parameter real_root=root, or set the required kernel parameter root=/dev/$ROOT ] If it is possible to change the html of the handbook, OR to flag that there may be an issue with long lines of text, then it should be done
Reopening, maybe temporary. (In reply to comment #2) > If it is possible to change the html of the handbook, OR to flag that there > may be an issue with long lines of text, then it should be done That can't be done because there is no way of knowing when a line is too long. Many factors define the max length: paper format, orientation, zooming factor, minimum font size... I tried to specify a smaller font size on long code samples at http://gentoo.neysx.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 Be aware though that your browser's behaviour & setting play a big part. For instances, firefox will not allow the font size to go below the specified minimum font size in your preferences, and it uses the same minimum size for the screen and the printer (pretty daft IMO). If you check the 'shrink to fit' options, firefox will then scale down everything to fit on the page. In other words, if you have a large minimum font, everything will be scaled down and become tiny, but if you allow a small minimum font size, then only the long code samples will use smaller fonts when printed. Please let me know if my trick helps so that I can reassign to the guys who work on wwwredesign.gentoo.org, or just close this bug again. Hth
User response needed wrt comment #3.
Something similar to my experiment might be done about this No need to close it
Curtis, how about adding style="wide" and/or style="verywide" to (very) wide <pre>s and style them with smaller fonts? curl -s 'gentoo.neysx.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10' |grep '<pre '|sed 's/.*\(<pre.*\)/\1/'
Hmmm....
docs: do we still need this bug?
(In reply to comment #8) > docs: do we still need this bug? > I don't believe so. I've since removed the outdated "udev" kernel option from the boot line, so it won't show up anyway. That was the only thing getting cut off, so... closing.
