User talk:Jean Abou Samra: Difference between revisions

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:Seems a bit overkill to me. I've added a simple workaround to that snippet. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 12:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

::Nice, thanks! I didn't think of this simple fix. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 13:27, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

== Some CSS code for <nowiki><samp></nowiki> ==

Jean, what do you think of adding something like the following

<pre>

body { quotes: '‘' '’'; }

samp:before { content: open-quote; }

samp:after { content: close-quote; }

</pre>

to the Wiki CSS for the sake of better conversion to Texinfo? My reasoning is as follows.

There is a strong visual difference between <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code> in the Wiki and <code>@code</code> in Texinfo output: the former produces typewriter text in a box, the latter uses just typewriter. This is fine with the fonts used for Texinfo output except for marking single letters: in Texinfo it is better to use <code>@samp</code> for this situation, producing typewriter text in quotes.

On the Wiki side I would thus like to use <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code>, which <code>makelsr.pl</code> converts to <code>@samp</code>. However, it currently produces plain typewriter in the Wiki, which isn't ideal since the contrast to plain text isn't large enough IMHO.

Example: The letter <samp>s</samp> is marked with <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code>. My suggestion: The letter ‘<samp>s</samp>’ is marked with <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code>.

An alternative would be to give <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code> the same appearance as <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code>. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 17:15, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

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 :Seems a bit overkill to me. I've added a simple workaround to that snippet. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 12:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
 ::Nice, thanks!  I didn't think of this simple fix. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 13:27, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
+== Some CSS code for <nowiki><samp></nowiki> ==
+Jean, what do you think of adding something like the following
+<pre>
+body { quotes: '‘' '’'; }
+samp:before { content: open-quote; }
+samp:after  { content: close-quote; }
+</pre>
+to the Wiki CSS for the sake of better conversion to Texinfo?  My reasoning is as follows.
+There is a strong visual difference between <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code> in the Wiki and <code>@code</code> in Texinfo output: the former produces typewriter text in a box, the latter uses just typewriter.  This is fine with the fonts used for Texinfo output except for marking single letters: in Texinfo it is better to use <code>@samp</code> for this situation, producing typewriter text in quotes.
+On the Wiki side I would thus like to use <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code>, which <code>makelsr.pl</code> converts to <code>@samp</code>. However, it currently produces plain typewriter in the Wiki, which isn't ideal since the contrast to plain text isn't large enough IMHO.
+Example: The letter <samp>s</samp> is marked with <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code>.  My suggestion: The letter ‘<samp>s</samp>’ is marked with <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code>.
+An alternative would be to give <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code> the same appearance as <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code>. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 17:15, 30 November 2025 (UTC)