Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Bertram Metz on Mon Sep 12 10:44:51 2005 
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> > long lines in an entry are not printed correctly (the lines are cut off), if the text is encoded as plain
> > text. This works correctly, if the text is encoded as ELCode. I tried this with Firefox and Internet Explorer.
> > Does anybody know a solution for this?
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> Can you post an example here? If I try a
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veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery
> long line, it's shown correctly. You just have to scroll right in your browser.
the lines are displayed as expected on the screen, but they are cut off when the browser window is printed via
the browsers print function.
This did not occur in a previous version (V2.5.6).
Bertram |
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Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Stefan Ritt on Tue Sep 13 13:33:59 2005
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Your problem is related with the fact that I changed the formatting from fixed font to proportional font ("ELCode"). This gives you three options:
- Enter your elog entries in "plain" text, which brings you back to the old mode
- Change the page setup of your browser. Mozilla Firefox has File/Page Setup/Shrink to fit page and left and right margin
- Reduce the entry window via the config setting "Message width"
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Install error on MacOS X, posted by Exaos Lee on Mon Oct 10 19:22:51 2005
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Executing "make" on MacOS X is OK, but "make install" failed due to the following error:
/usr/bin/install -m 0755 -d /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/man/man1/ /usr/local/man/man8/
/usr/bin/install -m 0755 -o bin -g bin elog elconv /usr/local/bin
install: bin: Invalid argument
make: *** [install] Error 67
The reason is that the account "bin" and group "bin" are missing on MacOS X. I also found that the following lines in "Makefile" doesn't work:
ifeq ($(OSTYPE),darwin)
CC = cc
endif
I have fixed this problem. The diff of Makefile as following:
diff Makefile.darwin Makefile.origin
====================================
24,25d23
< BINOWNER = bin
< BINGROUP = bin
30,31d27
< OSTYPE = $(shell uname)
<
40,43d35
< ifeq ($(OSTYPE),Darwin)
< OSTYPE=darwin
< endif
<
46,47d37
< BINOWNER = root
< BINGROUP = admin
89,90c79,80
< $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -o ${BINOWNER} -g ${BINGROUP} elog elconv $(DESTDIR)
< $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -o ${BINOWNER} -g ${BINGROUP} elogd $(SDESTDIR)
---
> $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -o bin -g bin elog elconv $(DESTDIR)
> $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -o bin -g bin elogd $(SDESTDIR)
The modified Makefiles have been attached. |
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Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Bertram Metz on Thu Oct 13 10:56:29 2005
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Hi Stefan,
I tried your suggestions with 'page shrinking' and 'message width', but they didn't help. What I do not understand is why this problem occurs only if the message text is formatted as plain text. The lines are printed correctly, if the text is formatted as EL code or as HTML.
It is of course possible to format new entries in EL code or HTML, but we have a lot of existing entries, which are formatted as plain text.
Kind regards,
Bertram |
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Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Stefan Ritt on Thu Oct 13 11:19:09 2005
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Ok, I found the problem. In the default.css file, you will find a section
.messagepre {
font-family:'lucida console',courier,monospace;
font-size:10pt;
}
Just go and delete the line with the font-size, this should fix your problem. If the font-size is fixed, the browser cannot resize the text to fit into your printing page. I still have problems with IE, but with Firefox it works fine if you select Shrink to fit page width on the page setup. |
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Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Bertram Metz on Thu Oct 13 13:27:02 2005
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The lines are still cut, if printed on paper.
I played again with the 'message width' parameter, which actually the key parameter in my problem. I saw in the source, that the default value is now 112, but it was 76 in the elog version we'd used previously (V2.5.2). If I set 'message width' to 76 again, it works fine for new entries!
I wrote in the previous reply, that changing 'message width' didn't help. That seems to be the case for entries, which are re-submitted. For new entries it works.
Bertram |
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Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Stefan Ritt on Thu Oct 13 13:51:55 2005
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| Bertram Metz wrote: | | The lines are still cut, if printed on paper. |
Are you sure? After you change the CSS file, you have to reload the page. I just tried with the very long entry from this thread and got in the Firefox preview window the picture which I attached. The font size of the text body is shrunk such that all lines (except the one very long line) fit on the paper. |
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Re: Long lines in printout, posted by Bertram Metz on Thu Oct 13 17:45:58 2005
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You're right. I don't know what I've tested this afternoon 
Without the fixed font the text might get very small, if the line is too long.
I think we'll set 'message width' = 76.
Thanks a lot Stefan! |