Re: website: texinfo macros for both ID and classes

[Paul]

On 12/05/2016 12:35 PM, Graham Percival wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 11:49:27AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> > For the website I'm thinking about adding a macro that can create a div with
> > both an ID and classes.
> Why?  What problem would this solve?

That there's no way to create a div that has both an Id *and* one or 
more classes.  Currently you'd have to create two nested divs one with a 
class and one with an id (ugh).

> > This would be good to have in general and more intuitive for
> > those used to html.
> I'm not convinced.

As someone who knew html and went through the process of figuring out 
how to contribute to the LilyPond website, I would have found it more 
intuitive and useful to have.  There was a point where a div with both 
Id and class was needed and there was no way to do it even though this 
is the most basic and common thing in html.

I'm just trying to smooth out a point of friction that I encountered, 
but sure, there are probably other priorities.

> Before changing the underlying texinfo macros, much less the build
> system or language used (which is not what Paul is suggesting, but
> I know that those ideas are out there), I'd like to see somebody
> make an honest effort at working on the CSS.

Well, I have already been doing that and plan to continue to work on the 
website as my time allows.

> In particular, to make the website look acceptable on small
> screens.  This would take 2-5 hours, depending on how familiar
> that person is with CSS and web browser testing.
>
> I don't think that's too much to ask.  If nobody is prepared to
> even do that much, then we certainly don't want them to spend time
> and effort on larger redesigns that may never be completed.  I'm
> available to mentor this task.

I can't take this on at the moment given my other constraints and 
commitments.  (I suspect it would take more than 2-5 hours and might 
involve more than changing the CSS, but maybe I'm overestimating it.)

Cheers,
-Paul