problem with viewing .txt files in browser

[xah]

In the latest version of Firefox and Opera, there's this problem:

if a link points to a .txt file, the text file will open in browser
with lines running off the window.

Safari don't have this problem.

Example:
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/w...hatredfaq.html
the local links text near the bottom.

Xah
xa*@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/

[David E. Ross]

xa*@xahlee.org wrote:

In the latest version of Firefox and Opera, there's this problem:

if a link points to a .txt file, the text file will open in browser
with lines running off the window.

Safari don't have this problem.

Example:
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/w...hatredfaq.html
the local links text near the bottom.

Xah
xa*@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/

If I downloard the .txt file (SeaMonkey, right-click on link, Save Link
Target As ...), I get the same problem in Notepad (the default .txt file
viewer in Windows). To view with wrapping, I have to specify [Format >
Word Wrap] on the Notepad menu bar.

I'll look at this further. Perhaps I'll submit a Mozilla bug report.

--

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

I use SeaMonkey as my Web browser because I want
a browser that complies with Web standards. See
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/>.

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

David E. Ross wrote:

I'll look at this further. Perhaps I'll submit a Mozilla bug report.

Wouldn't this be a Feature Request, rather than a bug? :-)
Something similar to Opera's "Fit to width" button...

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[Harlan Messinger]

David E. Ross wrote:

xa*@xahlee.org wrote:

>In the latest version of Firefox and Opera, there's this problem:

if a link points to a .txt file, the text file will open in browser
with lines running off the window.

Safari don't have this problem.

Example:
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/w...hatredfaq.html
the local links text near the bottom.

Xah
xa*@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/

If I downloard the .txt file (SeaMonkey, right-click on link, Save Link
Target As ...), I get the same problem in Notepad (the default .txt file
viewer in Windows). To view with wrapping, I have to specify [Format >
Word Wrap] on the Notepad menu bar.

I'll look at this further. Perhaps I'll submit a Mozilla bug report.

Not showing line breaks where no line breaks exist isn't a bug. Allowing
wrapping for those cases where the plain text file actually contains
paragraph text is a useful feature, but it isn't always called for.

>

[David E. Ross]

David E. Ross wrote:

xa*@xahlee.org wrote:

>In the latest version of Firefox and Opera, there's this problem:

if a link points to a .txt file, the text file will open in browser
with lines running off the window.

Safari don't have this problem.

Example:
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/w...hatredfaq.html
the local links text near the bottom.

Xah
xa*@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/

If I downloard the .txt file (SeaMonkey, right-click on link, Save Link
Target As ...), I get the same problem in Notepad (the default .txt file
viewer in Windows). To view with wrapping, I have to specify [Format >
Word Wrap] on the Notepad menu bar.

I'll look at this further. Perhaps I'll submit a Mozilla bug report.

This is a 7-year-old bug, #16909. See
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16909>.

--

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>

I use SeaMonkey as my Web browser because I want
a browser that complies with Web standards. See
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/>.