Cgi: Print Text files with wordwrap!

[Walter Huf]

Okay, I'm writing a cgi program, and I can send files and stuff, but how do
I send text files with word wrap enabled? If a line of text is wider than
the browser, and unsightly scrollbar appears on the bottom. How would I
make it so that the text automatically wraps in the browser without putting
a whole bunch of linebreaks in the text file?

--Walter Huf--
hufman@cobalty. com


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[Dale Strickland-Clak]

Re: Cgi: Print Text files with wordwrap!

Walter Huf pushed the bounds of literature with:
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> Okay, I'm writing a cgi program, and I can send files and stuff, but
> how do I send text files with word wrap enabled? If a line of text is
> wider than the browser, and unsightly scrollbar appears on the bottom.
> How would I make it so that the text automatically wraps in the
> browser without putting a whole bunch of linebreaks in the text file?
>
> --Walter Huf--
> hufman@cobalty. com
>
>
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If you send plain text, it will be presented exactly how you send it, line
breaks and all.

If you want it to wrap to the browser window, you have to make it look
like HTML. The bare minimum you can get away with is <p> tags where you
want new paragraphs - plus a head and a tail.



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Dale Strickland-Clark
Riverhall Systems Ltd, www.riverhall.co.uk

[Walter Huf]

Re: Cgi: Print Text files with wordwrap!

"Dale Strickland-Clak" <dale@riverhall .NOSPAM.co.uk> wrote in
news:Xns94A8F29 37636daleriverh allsystems@192. 168.8.150:
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>
> If you send plain text, it will be presented exactly how you send it,
> line breaks and all.
>
> If you want it to wrap to the browser window, you have to make it look
> like HTML. The bare minimum you can get away with is <p> tags where
> you want new paragraphs - plus a head and a tail.
>
>
>[/color]

Awesome, thanks!


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[Piet van Oostrum]

Re: Cgi: Print Text files with wordwrap!

>>>>> "Dale Strickland-Clak" <dale@riverhall .NOSPAM.co.uk> (DS) wrote:

DS> If you send plain text, it will be presented exactly how you send it, line
DS> breaks and all.

DS> If you want it to wrap to the browser window, you have to make it look
DS> like HTML. The bare minimum you can get away with is <p> tags where you
DS> want new paragraphs - plus a head and a tail.

And you should replace < > and & by &lt; &gt; and &amp;
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