I suppose I will manually backslash and
linebreak for both html and pdf. I now see that others have had to do
this (Appendix A ,example A-7 from Advanced Bash Scripting at Linux
Documentation Project. Manual backslash in both html and pdf
versions.)
Now if only I could stop pdf from line-breaking
filename elements. Any help with this?
Thanks,
Brendan
----- Original Message -----
From:
Bob Plantz
To: Brendan DeTracey
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 10:00
PM
Subject: Re: [docbook] pdf/html element
customization - line breaks
On 3/18/2012 4:14 PM, Brendan DeTracey wrote:
Hello,
I have been using the computeroutput element,
but have a problem with line breaks in pdf when my line is too long. In html
the user can resize the window to fit the entire line of text but pdf breaks
the line clumsily. How do other authors deal with this issue?
Thanks,
Brendan
That's the difference
between pdf and html. With pdf you specify the presentation formats on the
page. With html the reading device has a lot of control over the presentation
in the window. Even the user has some control over an html presentation, but
not with pdf.
My solution? I'm currently working on converting my
textbook from LaTeX (to produce pdf) to ePub (html under the hood). The tools
for the conversion are primitive, at best. Since it's a technical book
(assembly language programming, etc.), I'm having to eliminate a lot of the
nice formatting that LaTeX allows on the printed page. But students these days
prefer electronic reading, even if it means dealing with the problems of pdf
on portable devices.
--Bob
