[Oberon] Re (2): Indentation in V2 sources.

[Joerg]

Hi Peter

If you like monospaced fonts you should adapt the font-family.
You could replace your
> <span 
> style="font-family: Oberon, Helvetica, sans-serif; ...

to something like
> <span 
> style="font-family: Monaco, monospace; ...

br
Jörg

> Am 15.02.2021 um 04:15 schrieb peter at easthope.ca:
> 
> From:    "Chris Burrows" <chris at cfbsoftware.com>
> Date:    Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:44:31 +1030
>> I like to use monospaced fonts when writing code so that every column
>> of characters is aligned. 
>> 
>> If I was putting code samples in Wikibooks I would follow guidelines like
>> those specified, for example, in the REALbasic/Style Guide:
>> 
>> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/REALbasic/Style_Guide
> 
> The OCC module is from the original _Project_Oberon_ book. I want to 
> preserve the appearance in the PDF reasonably closely. 
> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/V2
> 
> I'd be happy to use monospace for code I've written.
> 
>> The indentation probably appears more narrow because different fonts are
>> used. 
>> 
>> This is always very subjective. What I prefer could easily irritate somebody
>> else. I like to use monospaced fonts when writing code so that every column
>> of characters is aligned. 
>> 
>> I did try the <code> tag in the Sandbox with an Oberon example and that
>> inserted additional blank lines. Surrounding code with the <pre> </pre> tags
>> seemed to work well.
> 
> The whole source is enclosed with these tags. 
> <pre><span 
> style="font-family: Oberon, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.80rem; 
> font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: #000000; 
> position: relative; top: 0%"> ... </span></pre>
> 
> The <pre> tag comes from the blank beginning each line in the markup.  
> 
> Now I remember choosing the font-family for similarity to the font in 
> ETH Oberon.  The font in the sources in _Project_Oberon_ is serif.  In 
> Linux Firefox, DejaVu serif should work.  A serif variable pitch font 
> available in all familiar browsers would be ideal but I have no idea of 
> serif fonts in browsers in MacOS and MS Windows.  Suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,                       ... P. L.
> 
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