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From: Jim Moe on 4 Apr 2008 13:50
On 03/29/08 03:45 pm, removeps-groups(a)yahoo.com wrote:
> How to wrap text in <p> tag if the text has no spaces and is very
> long? Here is an example:
>
> <p>VeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLongVeryVeryLong</p>
>
> The above line is so long that it ought to wrap. But because it has
> no spaces, it does not wrap. [...]
>
Why would it wrap? There are no spaces. Who cares what an editor does?
Perhaps if you gave some context for such a ridiculously long line, we
could offer a sensible solution.

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From: Jim Moe on 6 Apr 2008 02:44
On 04/05/08 10:30 pm, removeps-groups(a)yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> > The above line is so long that it ought to wrap. But because it has
>> > no spaces, it does not wrap. [...]
>>
>> Why would it wrap? There are no spaces. Who cares what an editor does?
>> Perhaps if you gave some context for such a ridiculously long line, we
>> could offer a sensible solution.
>
> I'm writing a 404 error page in JSP that says we could not find the
> URL you entered. It writes out the URL, and unfortunately the URL is
> longer than the screenwidth and is clipped off.

Then technically it does not matter whether the URL is valid as displayed.
Use a server-side routine to arbitrarily wrap the text however you want
it. You could even mention that the bogus URL was wrapped to increase the
confusion of the 404 recipient.

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