Re: [help-texinfo] Re: small font in gcc online docs

[Himanshu]

2008/11/3 Karl Berry <address@hidden>:
>    >> I noticed that in the default Firefox3 configuration on my 1280x1024 
> display
>    >> your code samples on this page are tiny, and v.hard to read:
>    >>
>    >> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Inline.html
>
> I'd like to hear from other people about whether the examples are too
> small in their browsers.  They are ok for me (seamonkey, firefox,
> icecat).  Distros like to tinker so much with browser defaults ...

The examples look too small in FF 3.0.3 with default settings and 800
x 600 resolution. They look fine on IE 7 with the default settings and
800 x 600 resolution again.

>
>    >> I see in the HTML this is the code causing the small font:
>    >>
>    >> pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller }
>
> I don't know of any way to say "use a slightly smaller font" in
> HTML/CSS.  That is, this is what CSS provides, afaik.
>
> The reason that the above css exists at all is because users requested
> that @smallexample (the Texinfo command in question) produce smaller
> output than the regular @example, including in HTML.  (Like
> @smalldisplay, @smallformat, @smallisp, and now @smallquotation.)
> Personally I don't have strong feelings about it.
>
>    > (I just realized that gcc.gnu.org still uses texinfo 4.8, so if later
>    > versions have this changed, I could ask the admins to upgrade.)
>
> Nothing has changed in this regard.
>
> Best,
> karl
>