Fwd: Re: [WEB4LIB] Netscape table trauma - SOLVED

[Kenneth Irwin]

Hi again  --

Thomas found the answer pretty quickly -- Netscape won't line-wrap on 
hyphens in strings like:
v.31(1957)-v.37(1964),v.42(1968)-v.63(1990)
so the holdings information was taking precedence over the width 
declaration on the title column.
The code now inserts spaces around the hyphens so they break nicely, even 
if it doesn't look as nice.

Thanks to all who've responded,
Ken

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>Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:53:28 -0500
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>From: Thomas Dowling <tdowling at ohiolink.edu>
>Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Netscape table trauma - respecting the TD width
>   attribute
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>Ken--
>
>I suspect the problem lies with the TR for "Proceedings and addresses of 
>the American Philosophical Association".  Note this holdings statement:
>
>v.31(1957)-v.37(1964),v.42(1968)-v.63(1990)
>
>That's a pretty long string with no white space.  NS4 and Mozilla don't 
>insert line breaks after hyphens the way IE does, so the holdings column 
>probably has to be resized as needed to fit that line, at the expense of 
>the declared width of the title column.
>
>Thomas