From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jan 16 1: 7: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E784A37B41A; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:06:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g0G96mR76175; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:06:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Cc: , , Subject: RE: docs/33913: GNATS webinterface isn't wrapping lines Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 01:06:48 -0800 Message-ID: <000001c19e6d$20c9bb40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20020116075545.GB65740@helios.dub.net> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Mock [mailto:mij@soupnazi.org] >Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:56 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: ru@FreeBSD.org; freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org; >freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org >Subject: Re: docs/33913: GNATS webinterface isn't wrapping lines > >> >> Note the addition of the "wrap" directive. > >The wrap attribute is not valid in HTML 4.01. > It was not my intent to start a religious argument. User input code that doesen't massage the input is a coding error - what happens if some joker decides to put in a javascript in a PR that does something nasty? Are we checking for that? The wrap attribute was NEVER valid in any HTML spec. It is and remains a quick hack to get out of massaging user input. Obviously the best way to solve this would be to further process the user input on the webform to insert linebreaks in case someone uses a browser that doesen't do what the code expects is "right" But if nobody writes one then what's wrong with a quick hack? The PR database already has a lot of these unwrapped entries with lines that scroll off the side of the screen. Which is more important - making PR's readable or being "right"? Ted To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message