Andrey Melnikov <melnikov@simplexsoft.com> writes:
Pavel Chikulaev wrote:
Hi David,
There is a strange symbols in /libs/parameter/doc/html/index.html in section 2.6.2 after second function code with modifier <span class="doublesize">. Absolutely the same in 2.7.2 and 2.7.3...
In section 2.8.3 "Mnemonics" note can overlap code in that section when page less than 800 pixels wide. It's better to use tables IMO there.
I confirm that it works in Firefox/Windows and broken in IE6 exactly as Pavel describes.
I don't see any truly bad results in IE6. None of the code is obscured.
Also I found another bug there: "Mnemonics" is spelled incorrectly.
Thanks; I will fix that one.
And regarding tables: tables are considered an evil in modern XHTML/CSS2 world. Look at boost home page - you won't believe that it doesn't use tables.
I don't think that it's a good idea to fix a minor visual bug just because it appears in IE. I think we can afford having standard-compliant pages and ignore minor browser quirks. I think we should focus on getting all pages written in BoostBook and fixing the bugs in BoostBook XSLT styesheets then.
I see strange things in the code like <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">. I think it's a fix for an old browser quirk because according to XHTML and CSS standards just <span> with correctly defined styles should be enough.
I'm going to contribute to this area after finishing with reviews of patches for BBv2 with Vladimir and Aleksey and HOWTO documentation improvements with Hendrik.
Fantastic; we need your contribution in all of these areas! Thank you! -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com