On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, William Stein wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Andrey Novoseltsev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> How about syntax highlighting in code cells?
>
> We already implemented that two different ways. Both ways were too
> slow and/or inconsistent, so we disabled/removed the functionality. When
> it comes to the notebook (which is in javascript), that it feels snappy
> and works robustly is more important than it having too many features.
> We have also experimented with much more sophisticated "code editor"
> modes in the input worksheet cells -- but again snappiness and robustness
> are too much impacted.
>
>> Also, I think that default line truncation can be improved: sometimes
>> even if a line fits my screen without horizontal scrolling it gets
>> truncated and I need to click on the output (twice) to make it look
>> better. Is it possible to determine the width of the screen and
>> truncate only lines that are longer? Or, perhaps, non-truncating mode
>> will work better as the default?
>
> Input or output?
>
> For about 2/3 the things I personally want to output word wrap is better, and
> for the other half, word wrap is worse.
So, for 1/6 of them, you want a superposition of wrapping / not wrapping? :)
Seriously, though... it used to be that clocking to the left would un-wrap, and
then hide. For some reason, that cycle got reversed. I find it obnoxious to
have to click twice to un-wrap. Perhaps the easiest way to improve the current
behavior is to switch un-wrap and hide.
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