Re: format of html output on bkbits.net

Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]> Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:35:40 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.bitkeeper.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 10:56:26PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Hi Bitmover.
> 
> I often check current status of a number of repositories using links - a
> good text based browser.
> With current layout of the tables it is difficult to see when a description
> for a changeset starts and stops, becasue the "Age", "Author" and "Rev"
> fields are placed in the middle of the table.

The text below visualize the problem.
Note - must be viewed with text width > 100!

  Age    Author  Rev    Comments                                                                     
                       isa_check_signature() finally gone                                    
                                                                                                     
                       last callers of isa_check_signature() switched to ioremap() +                 
17 hours  viro  1.2273 check_signature()                                                             
                                                                                                     
                       Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>               
                       Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>                             
                       misc iomem annotations                                                
                                                                                                     
                       Each chunk is independent from the rest, so it could've been split            
17 hours  viro  1.2272 further, but IMO there's no point.                                            
                                                                                                     
                       Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>               
                       Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>                             

See how difficult it is to see when one cset starts and another stops.
For the linux kernel the problem is not so big due to rather consistent use
of visible tags in first line.
Other repositories shows the issue much better.


Adding valign=top changes the text to this:

  Age    Author  Rev    Comments                                                                     
17 hours  viro  1.2273 isa_check_signature() finally gone                                    
                                                                                                     
                       last callers of isa_check_signature() switched to ioremap() +                 
                       check_signature()                                                             
                                                                                                     
                       Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>               
                       Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>                             
17 hours  viro  1.2272 misc iomem annotations                                                
                                                                                                     
                       Each chunk is independent from the rest, so it could've been split            
                       further, but IMO there's no point.                                            
                                                                                                     
                       Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>               
                       Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>                            

A more readable format in a text browser. And still OK in a graphic browser.

	Sam
		       
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