X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/cbfe2af8b5e28a1c33125467bee81edc7ac03ccc..4729ff0812c1f3d06d98524e2fec232d3bf90513:/doc/bugs/word_wrap.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/word_wrap.mdwn b/doc/bugs/word_wrap.mdwn index 8a69bb31a..95cfc1538 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/word_wrap.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/word_wrap.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ Web browsers don't word-wrap lines in submitted text, which makes editing a page that someone wrote in a web browser annoying (`gqip` is vim user's friend here). Is there any way to improve this? + +> See "using the web interface with a real text editor" on the [[tips]] +> page. --[[JoshTriplett]] + +>> Would it be useful to allow a "max width" plugin, which would force on commit the split of long lines ? + +>>> Please, no. That would wreak havoc on code blocks and arguments to +>>> preprocessor directives, and it would make bulleted lists and quoted +>>> blocks look bogus (because the subsequent lines would not match), among +>>> other problems. On the other hand, if you want to propose a piece of +>>> client-side JavaScript that looks at the active selection in a text area +>>> and word-wraps it, and have a plugin that adds a "Word-Wrap Selection" +>>> button to the editor, that seems fine. --[[JoshTriplett]]