[boost] Trial history file; error in Boost CSS file

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-09 01:35:11

I'm surprised that a full-blown version history file wasn't added a long
time ago.  I raided the CVS history of the main "index.htm" file for the
details.  Any ancient-timers know the history of 1.11.0 and earlier?

Pretend that the file is at 'BOOST_ROOT/more/version_history.html'.

The header looks funny; I was wondering how to replicate the current look by
mutating what's given with CSS.  (I was thinking of the headers seen at
<http://www.mozilla.org>.)

I processed what I wrote through HTML-Tidy, adding indentation and line
wrap.  I kept getting weird spacing with the function descriptions at the
Spirit section of 1.30.1 and the Lambda block-quote at 1.28.0.  I
worked-around the problem by undoing the line-breaks Tidy added at those
points.  The problem is in the CSS file:

CODE
{
    FONT-FAMILY: Courier;
    white-space: pre;
}

This last (non-brace) line says that multiple white-space characters are
_not_ collapsed into a single space.  This lets CODE acts as an in-line
variant of PRE, but it violates what CODE usually does!  I need the default
space-collapsing behavior of CODE.  If no one can give me a justification
for that attribute, I'm going to erase it.

Even if you can justify it, do this instead:

CODE.my_special
{
    FONT-FAMILY: Courier;
    white-space: pre;
}

Then call it like so:

    <p>Blah blah, please <code class="my_special">keep    all  of my
spaces</code> blah blah.</p>

That way people who need the default space-collapsing attribute of CODE
(like me) don't get screwed.

-- 
Daryle Walker
Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
darylew AT hotmail DOT com