On 6/23/06, Timwi <timwi(a)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_gods
Imagine 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