[SciPy-Dev] mono space text in document editor.

Pauli Virtanen pav at iki.fi
Fri Jun 11 12:50:41 EDT 2010


Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:07:59 -0600, Vincent Davis wrote:
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> On this page for example.
> http://docs.scipy.org/scipy/docs/scipy.constants.codata.precision/edit/
> When you edit the text it is not monospace and there is no 75 char
> guide. This makes both staying within the 75 char limit and getting the
> rst syntax correct difficult. (for example putting "-" under a word to
> get bold font.) I could use an external editor and copy paste. See
> attached images for you don't know what I mean.

That's specific to the browser you are using, and possibly also user-
specific customizations -- is it Safari on OSX?

Anyway, there's nothing in the CSS forcing <textarea> to monospaced font. 
I believed all browsers had that as a default, but apparently some do not.

-- 
Pauli Virtanen




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