On 6/23/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
This "weirdness" comes from the fact that this particular wiki markup is not really defined in terms of what visible output it produces, but only in terms of what HTML it produces -- namely <pre>. (Note that this is not the same as wiki <pre>.) The reason HTML <pre> disables word-wrapping is so that you can do things like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_the_Greek_godsImagine this would word-wrap. It would destroy the whole thing :)
Ok, so indented space is hardcoded as meaning <PRE> and <PRE> doesn't line wrap.
Pity. Even if indented space just guaranteed <TT> or something (which does line wrap?) then you could always turn off line wrapping by some other means on the rare cases (like that one) where it was really wanted.
Steve