[Moin-user] Trying to achieve a visual effect similar to definition lists
Nir Soffer
nirs at actcom.net.il
Fri Aug 19 16:09:16 EDT 2005
Try this:
Python:: A powerful scripting language written by Guido van Rossum.
It's been used for many, many things, and is fantastically better than
another language that starts with a 'P' and ends with a 'l'. :-)
Wiki Site:: A collaborative site. Wiki members (or anyone, depending
on how the wiki is set up) can go into the wiki and add or modify
content.
On 20 Aug, 2005, at 2:00, Kenneth McDonald wrote:
> This message will make a lot more sense if you view it in a monospaced
> font :-)
>
> I'm trying to achieve a certain visual effect that associates
> paragraphs with words/short phrases. I'm looking to be able to write
> markup such that, after translation to HTML and wrapping, I get
> something that looks EITHER like an HTML <DL> type construct:
>
>
> ---------------
> Moin: A Wiki written in Python.
>
> Python: A powerful scripting language written by Guido van
> Rossum. It's been used for many, many things, and is
> fantastically better than another language that starts with
> a 'P' and ends with a 'l'. :-)
>
> Wiki Site: A collaborative site. Wiki members (or anyone,
> depending on how the wiki is set up) can go into the wiki
> and add or modify content.
> ---------------
>
>
> OR, like the format below i.e. left edges of paragraphs line up (which
> won't be the case if you're viewing using a variable-width font!)
>
>
> ---------------
> Moin: A Wiki written in Python.
>
> Python: A powerful scripting language written by Guido van
> Rossum. It's been used for many, many things, and is
> fantastically better than another language that starts with
> a 'P' and ends with a 'l'. :-)
>
> Wiki Site: A collaborative site. Wiki members (or anyone,
> depending on how the wiki is set up) can go into the wiki
> and add or modify content.
> ---------------
>
>
> In all of the above, the key word/phrase will highlighted. The idea is
> that it should be visually easy for the user to scan for something
> that sounds like what they are looking for, and then focus on the
> paragraph to find out if it really is what they're looking for.
>
> I can't achieve the second effect with a table, because if something
> like 'Wiki Site' is in a cell, it tends to get wrapped to
>
>
> ---------------
> Wiki
> Site
> ---------------
>
>
> which really breaks the visual flow.
>
>
> The closest I've come (which is OK--I just happen to be nitpicky about
> my visuals) is using multiple levels of list indentation to achieve
> this:
>
>
> ---------------
> Moin:
> A Wiki written in Python.
>
> Python:
> A powerful scripting language written by Guido van
> Rossum. It's been used for many, many things, and is
> etc.
> ---------------
>
>
> The main thing I don't like about this is that it takes more room, and
> makes definitions where the paragraph stays on one line (as in for
> Moin:) look a little odd. Something like:
>
> ---------------
> Moin: A Wiki written in Python.
> ---------------
>
> is better
>
> On the other hand, using a single level of list indent 'hides' (OK,
> makes less obvious) the keywords, when paragraphs wrap, i.e.
>
> ---------------
> Python: A powerful scripting language written by Guido van
> Rossum. It's been used for many, many things, and is etc.
> ---------------
>
>
> As I've said, this isn't critical (neither in the sense of being
> necessary, nor in the sense of being critical of Moin). But isn't it
> fun to push the envelope?
>
Best Regards,
Nir Soffer
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