[publican-list] Inserting lines > 80 chars long?

[David O'Brien]

On 03/28/2015 12:51 AM, Steve Bonneville wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:34:35AM +1000, David O'Brien wrote:
>> Anyone know if it's possible to insert lines that are longer than 80
>> characters, and not have them wrap in the output? (I believe 80 chars is
>> the max but not sure?)
>>
>> In this particular case I want to include an example config line for a
>> kickstart file that you can copy/paste straight into the ks file, but
>> the standard/normal output wraps the line. Apparently the ks file won't
>> accept that.
>>
>> I've tried using <screen> and <programlisting> and futzed about with
>> <![CDATA[ and so on, but the wrapping continues.
> 
> ...may not be helpful, but I can tell that I'm used to rendering to
> PDF as well as HTML, because my first reaction is that you're risking
> running off the edge of the page by trying to suppress line wraps.... :)
> 
> How far in the linewrap happens will depend on context (are you in a
> <para> or in a <orderedlist> <listitem> somewhere) and the XSL of your
> Publican brand.
> 
> Typically, we're trying to deal with long lines by using explicit line 
> wraps in the examples, for situations where that's accepted.  For 
> instance, we'll use \ line continuation for long shell commands or 
> statements.  I think that Kickstart directives may accept that too,
> but I haven't tested that recently myself.
> 
>   -- Steve
> 
Hi Steve

I wondered about the PDF output as well, and thought I might have to
just bite the bullet and warn the user to "enter all of the following on
one line" or something, and then let the lines wrap where they will.

The current example is in a <programlisting> block. We do what you
suggested above for long shell commands, but I'm not set up to test what
happens with ks files. I'm mostly going by other ppl's comments in that
regard.

cheers

-- 

David