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I'm gonna finish it. Just like Jigga did to the pyramid.


Posted by: dazarobbo
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you lost me.

  • 06.14.2012 11:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: dazarobbo
AFAIK, the server-side breaks apart strings at about 60 character increments. So for every 60 characters of actual text, a space is added so a single string doesn't overflow the containing element and break the page formatting.

The inherent problem with that is each character is not monospaced (eg. courier), so typing consecutive "wide characters" like an @ symbol (as opposed to something slimmer like a lower-case i or pipe) renders the above system useless. The server-side is also incapable of determining the width of characters as well, since HTML is not rendered there; it is wholly dependent on the client's software, preferences, and settings (both browser default fonts and system character mappings).

The reason you can still type out a long string of consecutive "wide characters" and not have it break the page is because of a special CSS rule that's applied to the elements that contain the post text which breaks apart text onto new lines without it overflowing. The problem is that specific CSS rule (word-wrap) is only implemented in more modern browsers that implement CSS3 specifications, which is why I'm willing to bet $10 the line below will extend outside of the post container in an older browser.

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It goes in 61 character increments apparently because after the 61st @, there's the extra space.

  • 06.14.2012 11:58 AM PDT

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