[Alpine-info] text/html display does not respect wrap column

[Eduardo Chappa]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:


:) But, isn't this just an artifact of how format=flowed works? In 

:) text/html, apparently, lines are split on <br/>'s (and probably 

:) others?), rather than message lines, and it flows by default. In 

:) text/plain, they're message lines, and it won't flow without explicit 

:) "permission" (;format=flowed). If a line ends without a trailing space, 

:) the next line shouldn't be combined.

:) 

:) What do you want/expect to happen?


That text be wrapped in the same place, and according to the Viewer Margin 
setting.


:) > :) Given the complexities involved in rendering HTML, that seems like 

:) > :) a fine compromise.

:) >

:) > Depends on who you are. Some people think that givng approximate 

:) > sizes in IMAP is wrong (and with a good reason), some others think 

:) > that wrapping text not respecting the viewer margin is a bug...

:) >

:) 

:) Giving approximate sizes is a matter of technical correctness. 


Urghh...


:) In the case of dealing with potentially(/usually)-malformed HTML in a 

:) medium consisting of a fixed grid of monospaced text with about 16 

:) colors, I don't think it's possible to achieve anything resembling the 

:) HTML(+/CSS) author's original intent. So, that's not at all a fair 

:) comparison. (The software *can* get the sizes right, but the HTML is a 

:) lost cause, IMO.)


the html filter is doing its own wrapping. I can see why it would do its 
own wrapping, but it knows what is wrapping, so it can know what/where to 
do it.

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Eduardo
http://staff.washington.edu/chappa/alpine/