Some uses for Non-breaking spaces --> Nvu tables, generally

There is a nice user guide at http://ww
w.nvudev.org/guide/1.0PR/ugs01.htm

Bernie

On 5/15/2006 5:25 PM, Henry Neugass wrote:
> Glennn Linderman:
>
> Thanks for your post on this thread:
>
>   
>> On approximately 5/15/2006 11:52 AM, came the
following characters from
>> the keyboard of Henry Neugass:
>>     
>>> Colleagues:
>>>
>>> I've followed the recent thread about using
tables to support precision
>>> alignment of page elements.  I use this
technique sometimes in various
>>> authoring environments, and it seems to work
well enough.
>>>       
>> It can be made to work well enough, yes, for
certain types of layouts.
>>     
>
> Whew, I'm glad that's agreed.
>
>   
>> However, CSS is much more flexible, allowing your
layouts to be less,
>> well, tabular in nature   I'm not
at all attempting to suggest that if
>> you have tabular data to display, that you
shouldn't use a table.
>>     
>
> Yeah, I have a sneaking suspicion that I ought to be
using CSS, but I just
> can't bring myself to take the step to learn the
technology and how it is
> expressed in Nvu.   If you can steer me to a tutorial,
especially one that
> uses Nvu, that would be great.
>
>   
>>> In my experience, editing tables in Nvu on Mac
gets very slow as soon as the
>>> table size exceeds a few cells.  It is simply
impossible to work with larger
>>> tables --say, above 4 columns by 20 rows, just
guessing.   Any other Mac
>>> users concur?  
>>>
>>> Any PC users have radically better results? (If
so, I might switch to PC for
>>> doing tables.  Hmmmmm...)
>>>       
>> I've not noticed any particular slowdowns in
editing 7 column by 50 row
>> tables on my PC
>>     
>
> On my 450MHz G4 Mac, I could take a coffee break while
each edit was
> processed.  Just wouldn't work.  I guess this means I
ought to try working
> on the PC version.   Hmmm, the painful slowness could
also have something to
> do with content or setup?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry
>
>
>
>
>
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Bernie:

Thanks for your response on this thread:

> There is a nice user guide at http://ww
w.nvudev.org/guide/1.0PR/ugs01.htm

When all else fails, read the documentation... Someone told
me that a long
time ago.

Thanks for the link!

Henry

> 
> Bernie
> 
> On 5/15/2006 5:25 PM, Henry Neugass wrote:
>> Glennn Linderman:
>> 
>> Thanks for your post on this thread:
>> 
>>   
>>> On approximately 5/15/2006 11:52 AM, came the
following characters from
>>> the keyboard of Henry Neugass:
>>>     
>>>> Colleagues:
>>>> 
>>>> I've followed the recent thread about
using tables to support precision
>>>> alignment of page elements.  I use this
technique sometimes in various
>>>> authoring environments, and it seems to
work well enough.
>>>>       
>>> It can be made to work well enough, yes, for
certain types of layouts.
>>>     
>> 
>> Whew, I'm glad that's agreed.
>> 
>>   
>>> However, CSS is much more flexible, allowing
your layouts to be less,
>>> well, tabular in nature   I'm not
at all attempting to suggest that if
>>> you have tabular data to display, that you
shouldn't use a table.
>>>     
>> 
>> Yeah, I have a sneaking suspicion that I ought to
be using CSS, but I just
>> can't bring myself to take the step to learn the
technology and how it is
>> expressed in Nvu.   If you can steer me to a
tutorial, especially one that
>> uses Nvu, that would be great.
>> 
>>   
>>>> In my experience, editing tables in Nvu on
Mac gets very slow as soon as
>>>> the
>>>> table size exceeds a few cells.  It is
simply impossible to work with
>>>> larger
>>>> tables --say, above 4 columns by 20 rows,
just guessing.   Any other Mac
>>>> users concur? 
>>>> 
>>>> Any PC users have radically better results?
(If so, I might switch to PC
>>>> for
>>>> doing tables.  Hmmmmm...)
>>>>       
>>> I've not noticed any particular slowdowns in
editing 7 column by 50 row
>>> tables on my PC
>>>     
>> 
>> On my 450MHz G4 Mac, I could take a coffee break
while each edit was
>> processed.  Just wouldn't work.  I guess this
means I ought to try working
>> on the PC version.   Hmmm, the painful slowness
could also have something to
>> do with content or setup?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Henry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
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