From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael J Gruber Subject: Re: RFD: tables in documentation Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 21:23:56 +0200 Message-ID: <4BDDD14C.7040503@drmicha.warpmail.net> References: <4BDC74F3.2020206@drmicha.warpmail.net> <20100502050622.GF14776@coredump.intra.peff.net> <4BDD7E96.2050603@drmicha.warpmail.net> <1272811394.24767.7.camel@dreddbeard> <1272811916.24767.16.camel@dreddbeard> <4BDD956F.5070800@drmicha.warpmail.net> <4BDD99F3.9000305@drmicha.warpmail.net> <20100502175353.GA15521@progeny.tock> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: wmpalmer@gmail.com, Jeff King , Git Mailing List To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun May 02 21:24:05 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O8elp-0008Fu-Id for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 02 May 2010 21:24:05 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758193Ab0EBTX7 convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2010 15:23:59 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:35866 "EHLO out1.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758105Ab0EBTX6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2010 15:23:58 -0400 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1887F282B; Sun, 2 May 2010 15:23:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 02 May 2010 15:23:57 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=lr+W/A6QU3QypG5vt0aHFnh+cGU=; b=oLyYRdfeV7LtWiSxu6J/1P+HAt3NvJByaB+SfyfOOAGL9OTtA0cR/8MTixDXokRVMs9ebpcuz0oAaEAVxLMq74AeLonQR0hhw+Hx7Rmwp3p9sy/cnW3NgLK7skheN1koESEPLbCM2CD/ftx47je/NgRrcIruAKISXgunMZ4u+1Q= X-Sasl-enc: TMqwhPHOaMwjJcu30rg7+RNMkkJ4mhIXQFKTbdPPM7+c 1272828237 Received: from localhost.localdomain (p5DCC09A3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.204.9.163]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 87F754D2F19; Sun, 2 May 2010 15:23:56 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.5pre) Gecko/20100429 Lightning/1.0b2pre Lanikai/3.1b2pre In-Reply-To: <20100502175353.GA15521@progeny.tock> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jonathan Nieder venit, vidit, dixit 02.05.2010 19:53: > Hi Michael, >=20 > Michael J Gruber wrote: >> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 02.05.2010 17:08: >=20 >>> Further experimentation (editing the xml) indicates that with my >>> toolchain, I can either shut off all borders (between cells as well= as >>> outer) or none. > [...] >> For completeness, it results in this: >> >> I H M Result >> >> 0 nothing nothing nothing (does not happen) >> >> 1 nothing nothing exists use M >> >> 2 nothing exists nothing remove path from ind= ex >> >> 3 nothing exists exists, H =3D=3DM use M if "initia= l >> checkout", keep inde= x >> exists, H !=3D M fail otherwise >> >> [Same unealt rowspan issue, of course.] >=20 > For what it=E2=80=99s worth, except for the broken last row, I like t= his and > find it readable. It is too bad there is no way to make it more > compact so more rows can fit on a screen or page. >=20 > The ideal, to delimit the header without appearing busy, would be to > just have a thin horizontal rule separating the header from the > remaining rows[1]. Vertical rules are almost never a good idea. > Maybe frame=3D"topbot",grid=3D"none",options=3D"header" would be a go= od > approximation. That looks nice in HTML (and produces the correct xml), but unfortunately my docbook renders this as if I had frame=3D"all",grid=3D= "all" :( >=20 > Jonathan >=20 > [1] Just my opinion. I probably learned the aesthetic from Simon Fea= r. > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=3Ddestable