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From: Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson on 26 Jan 2010 16:49
dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> writes:

> In article <m3ockgocfm.fsf(a)myrkraverk.com>,
> Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann(a)myrkraverk.com> wrote:
>
>> dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> writes:
>>
>> > In article <WBx7n.3500$pv.3012(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>> > "rf" <rf(a)z.invalid> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" <johann(a)myrkraverk.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:m38wblpu9i.fsf(a)myrkraverk.com...
>> >> > "rf" <rf(a)z.invalid> writes:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> You are reqesting a set of constraints that simply cannot be
>> >> >> described with CSS.
>> >> >
>> >> > I thought so, thank you for confirming that.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Turns out I didn't think far enough, as BootNic pointed out.
>> >>
>> >> http://barefile.com.au/test/indenting.html
>> >>
>> >> Vary viewport width to see the effect.
>> >
>> > Well done BootNic, (I slap my forehead), and well done rf for
>> > urling it with simple markup.
>> >
>> > OK, folks, technical problem solved enough. Next question: What
>> > would be a *reasonable* practical use for this?
>>
>> <blockquote> and similar uses? I didn't actually test to see if
>> <blockquote> actually did this but it's one of the things I had in
>> mind when I asked.
>>
>
> It would be a bit odd to put in a blockquote that breaks up
> around a float. It looks to me a bit confusing and goes against
> the grain of the whole idea of it being a separate block. I know
> I would design around this to avoid such a problem. Perhaps
> others would feel different though?
>
> What do you mean by "similar uses"? Hang on, are you not the OP?
> Why are you needing to seem to guess? <g>
>
> What is the real reason you wanted this (interesting enough)
> technical problem solved?

For emphasis and grouping. In my original page (the one with the
flash that you guys don't want to load) I wanted the address to stand
out by indenting it. No matter whether it was to the right of the
float or below it, or even somewhere in between.

Explicitly, I don't want to fiddle with layout as I add or subtract
text. I also did not want to use blockquote, since:

>> In a text only browser, this could be a blockquoted text.

Now that it's done, I'll continue to try and add some content. I'll
be back with layout/css questions later, I'm sure.


Johann

From: dorayme on 26 Jan 2010 17:05
In article <m3k4v4o7ua.fsf(a)myrkraverk.com>,
Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann(a)myrkraverk.com> wrote:

> dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> writes:
>
> > In article <m3ockgocfm.fsf(a)myrkraverk.com>,
> > Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann(a)myrkraverk.com> wrote:
> >
> >> dorayme <doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au> writes:
> >>
>...
> > What is the real reason you wanted this (interesting enough)
> > technical problem solved?
>
> For emphasis and grouping. In my original page (the one with the
> flash that you guys don't want to load) I wanted the address to stand
> out by indenting it. No matter whether it was to the right of the
> float or below it, or even somewhere in between.
>
> Explicitly, I don't want to fiddle with layout as I add or subtract
> text. I also did not want to use blockquote, since:
>
> >> In a text only browser, this could be a blockquoted text.
>
> Now that it's done, I'll continue to try and add some content. I'll
> be back with layout/css questions later, I'm sure.
>

OK, this sounds fair enough. I have been rethinking how an
indented quote might look and I guess, with many floated pics
(not so much floated text boxes perhaps) it would not be so
unreasonable to want what you are wanting. Good luck.

--
dorayme
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