From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?David_K=C3=A5gedal?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitweb: Do not use absolute font sizes Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 18:06:54 -0700 Message-ID: <87odkmgaj5.fsf@morpheus.local> References: <6efbd9b70705071613p23017509qaf9af12c1d14f9cb@mail.gmail.com> <20070509014150.7477.48489.stgit@rover> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Jakub Narebski To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 15 08:25:29 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HnqTQ-0002ca-1J for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 15 May 2007 08:25:28 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759108AbXEOGZX convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 02:25:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759563AbXEOGZX (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 02:25:23 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:60167 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759108AbXEOGZX (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 May 2007 02:25:23 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HnqT0-0001OA-SP for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 15 May 2007 08:25:02 +0200 Received: from adsl-71-131-20-72.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net ([71.131.20.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 08:25:02 +0200 Received: from davidk by adsl-71-131-20-72.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 08:25:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-71-131-20-72.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qGO3BV1TBf1dDUiqrTg/n6UhyEg= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jakub Narebski writes: > Petr Baudis wrote: > >> Note that this patch actually does change visual look of gitweb in F= irefox >> with my resolution and default settings - everything is bigger and I= can't >> explain the joy of actually seeing gitweb text that is in _readable_= size; >> also, my horizontal screen real estate feels better used now. > > Not everyone has those huge monitors with extreme resultion. For me n= ew > gitweb look uses much to big font, so not very much fits in screen. > > I'd remove=20 > >> --- a/gitweb/gitweb.css >> +++ b/gitweb/gitweb.css >> @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ >> body { >> font-family: sans-serif; >> - font-size: 12px; >> border: solid #d9d8d1; >> border-width: 1px; >> margin: 10px; > > chunk But then we'd be back to the brain-damaged explicit-pixel sizes. gitweb is simply using the font size you have configured your browser to use, and if you think that it too large, you are free to reconfigure it. Unfortunately, the problem is that too many web sites explicitly select extra small font sizes, which means that you have to select a "standard" font size in your browser that is a bit larger than you'd actually like. --=20 David K=C3=A5gedal