[postgis-devel] Issue 42 in postgis: Postgis Docbook CSS upgrade

[Kevin Neufeld]

I like it.  Much improved, Dane.  Good job!

Dane Springmeyer wrote:
> Thanks Paul,
> 
> And here's an html version for reference: 
> http://danespringmeyer.com/tmp/postgis_alt_css.html
> 
> Looks like the background colors do not come through for the <code> 
> <pre> and <note> tags in the pdf version (if that is desirable I'll need 
> to look into why that is...)
> 
> Dane
> 
> 
> On Jul 14, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> 
>> Looks good to me. Not hearing any objections, I'll swap this in
>> shortly. I've attached a PDF of hte output for those who want to see
>> without testing themselves.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:29 PM,  <codesite-noreply at google.com> wrote:
>>> Issue 42: Postgis Docbook CSS upgrade
>>> http://code.google.com/p/postgis/issues/detail?id=42
>>>
>>> New issue report by dane.springmeyer:
>>> With the various enhancements and efforts going into the PostGIS
>>> documentation currently, I think
>>> the CSS could use an upgrade as well.
>>>
>>> The main room for improvement I see in the CSS/formatting is the 
>>> handling of
>>> code examples and
>>> notes. If these distinct sections (which are being expanded 
>>> currently) were
>>> more distinctly formatted
>>> with color or background it would help the readability of the docs.
>>>
>>> I've attached a patch and the corresponding file for an alternate css 
>>> that
>>> fits my taste. I offer it
>>> purely as an alternative or a starting point. I noticed the recent 
>>> addition
>>> of blue and orange
>>> branding of the official Postgis Refractions site and therefore 
>>> pulled from
>>> those colors a bit.
>>> Suggestions to improve it are welcome, and if it is acceptable to the
>>> developers integration into the
>>> codebase is fine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Attachments:
>>>       style.css  2.5 KB
>>>       style.diff  3.2 KB
>>>
>>>
>>> Issue attributes:
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>>>       Owner: ----
>>>       Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium
>>>
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