Re: FW: HTML rules and poetry

>I let guiguts put in <span>s with margins to format the poetry and it looks
OK in HTML but not at all well on a Kindle.  I made a Kindle version using
non-breaking spaces and making some modest formatting changes.  Instead of
the speaker of the lines (Krishna) being listed on the same line as the
words I put him on his own line.  The text did NOT wrap the way we'd all
like but the result was readable on a Kindle and I don't think the Kindle
could do better with any other format.

Yes, this is pretty much indicative of the problems one runs into.  In the
Kindle case one is seeing a disconcerting series of indents and (accidental)
outdents.  One can mentally parse it - but I think not enjoy the poetry at
the same time.

Lest everyone think that I am just a Grinch, note that 12242 is actually
quite successful - including on the Kindle.  Though I would love to have a
page break at the start of each poem so as to not needlessly widow them.
These poems are a joy to read.

Why does 12242 "work?"  Well, the poems "naturally" avoid the wrap problems
we are talking about, please the transcriber was smart enough to not indent
the poems, thus avoiding self-inflicted wounds.

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