GentooForum has the nice feature that non-code non-quote text wraps, so that it is on-screen and readable. Certainly [code]stuff[/code] shouldn't wrap since --in that context-- linebreaks count. Unfortunately, one single long line *anywhere* in the thread effectively stops all line-wrapping. An example is http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-285447.html which has a long row of dots halfway down the first posting. (No fault to the posters involved). The thread is difficult to read, since I am scrolling way-right and way-left several times in each posting. What I've described so far seems to be a property of the browser, and not fixable by Gentoo. But could there be an option --a browser-cookie or a "preference" attached to a Gentoo-user-account-- which specified a "wrap at column 60" for non-code non-quote text. An alternative would be to permit a stanza (like "style=printable") that could be a attached to the URL to cause a line-wrap at 60. E.g "linewrap=60" or "linewrap=medium"? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Bumping this as there hasn't been any input since the bug was opened, sorry for that. As far i remember we already discussed that somewhere (just don't remember where) and there was a nice solution that made boxes with scrollbars for code fields. The reason why it hasn't been applied is that there is a rather nasty bug with scrolling in firefox and we're waiting for that one to get fixed before we do it on the forums.
Found it, just had looked in the wrong place before: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-341722.html
Thanks for the pointer. Until the Firefox bug is fixed, would it be possible to make this a user option, either via a URL stanza (like "style=printable"), e.g style=CodeBlocks-have-scrollbars or a browser "cookie"? Alternatively, could this be a "preference" attached to a Gentoo-user-account (like timezone)?
I already planned on including the scroll in the redesign. tomk (or one of the other admins) will most likely be helping me with that and we will address this issue then. The redesign of the forums should be finished by the end of the year. Hacking the existing code to make it a user option in the interim would be more work than it's worth IMO. I'm marking this bug as LATER, assigning it to myself and will close it when the redesign goes live.
Marking as LATER. Follow up will occur during the redesign of the forums template.
Thank you for the impending redesign. --gentsquash