Diagrams Should Work Now

[Solomon]

Just so I'm clear - which is showing up wrong, the text in the "show diagram code" thing or the text in the <textarea> when you're editing a post?

Textarea.

[fwiffo]

Give it a refresh - does it work now?

[Solomon]

Give it a refresh - does it work now?

Works now for Chrome 5 on OS X (thanks!) but not for Safari 4 on OS X.

[fwiffo]

Does Safari usually use a proportional font in <textarea>s? Let me try one more thing... Does that work? If not, can you check to see if your browser actually has a monospace font set as its default monospace font?

I freaking hate web browsers.

[Solomon]

Does Safari usually use a proportional font in <textarea>s? Let me try one more thing... Does that work? If not, can you check to see if your browser actually has a monospace font set as its default monospace font?

I freaking hate web browsers.

I think so; I tried pasting the same stuff into GD's textarea and it comes out looking okay. Still doesn't work here. Safari has a Standard font set to Times 16 and a "Fixed-width font" set to Courier 13, but nothing on monospace font settings - assuming they're not the same thing.

[fwiffo]

Yeah, that fixed width setting is what I'm looking for, and Courier is a monospace font. I assume you've tried clearing your cache?

[Solomon]

Yeah, that fixed width setting is what I'm looking for, and Courier is a monospace font. I assume you've tried clearing your cache?

Ah, forgot about that sorry. Yes, it works all dandy now. Thanks!

[fwiffo]

Sweet. For future reference, those wishing to help debug problems like this please remember to do that (or at least do a hard-refresh).

[xed_over]

Sweet. For future reference, those wishing to help debug problems like this please remember to do that (or at least do a hard-refresh).

Darn QA testers... always reporting problems when the devs say "works for me"

[Joaz Banbeck]

Thanks for all the work guys. I have one more request. I'd like to see closing delimiters in the same column as opening delimiters. ( In this instance, I think that means at the beginning of a new line. )

This is ok:


TAG_TYPE_1
misc stuff
TAG_TYPE_2
more misc stuff which might be a really really really long sentence.
CLOSE_TAG_2
other misc text
more misc stuff which can be arbitrarily long but doesn't affect readability.
CLOSE_TAG_1


This is a pain in the rear:


TAG_TYPE_1
misc stuff
TAG_TYPE_2
more misc stuff which happens to be very long so you don't see the closing tag. CLOSE_TAG_2
other misc text
more misc stuff which also happens to be rather long. CLOSE_TAG_1


The two posts have the same logic, but the first is much easier to read. I can write a post in the first style, and when I edit it, the editor has transposed it into the second style.

[Bill Spight]

Just so I'm clear - which is showing up wrong, the text in the "show diagram code" thing or the text in the <textarea> when you're editing a post?

What happened with me was that the text in "show diagram code" was in proportional font, and remained so when I copied it to the window I am in now.

I just checked, and now the same diagram code shows up right. Many thanks.

[sumiyaka]

Sounds good, it should be a good fix, at least for the time being.

At some point the diagrammer could be taught to ignore any whitespace prior to a '$', but for now, who cares, on with the Malkovich games!

Quoting myself... bah...

But, I'm running into spaces showing up in diagrams after cut and pasting again. I am not sure why. Any way for the parser to ignore whitespace prior to the $$? I know its probably a more difficult fix, but completely eliminates the issue no matter what stupid users like me type between to the "go" tags.

[Solomon]

Sounds good, it should be a good fix, at least for the time being.

At some point the diagrammer could be taught to ignore any whitespace prior to a '$', but for now, who cares, on with the Malkovich games!

Quoting myself... bah...

But, I'm running into spaces showing up in diagrams after cut and pasting again. I am not sure why. Any way for the parser to ignore whitespace prior to the $$? I know its probably a more difficult fix, but completely eliminates the issue no matter what stupid users like me type between to the "go" tags.

I've had this happen a few times here and there, and it seems random...can't quite figure out why it happens.

Now that I think about it, I think the best solution is to have a "Click Here to Copy Diagram Code" instead of a "Click Here to Show Diagram Code" link.

[Kirby]

I'll try to work on diagrams sometime this week... Sorry for the delay.

[sumiyaka]

No worries on timing... It didn't happen to me this afternoon, so maybe it is a bit more random.