[pmwiki-users] PmWiki 2.1.7 released

H. Fox haganfox at users.sourceforge.net
Sat Jun 3 18:18:56 CDT 2006


On 5/31/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> --> Vspace paragraphs are now divs: Version 2.1.7 changes the way
> that PmWiki handles vertical space in output (the infamous
> <p class='vspace></p> sequence). Instead of using paragraphs,
> PmWiki now generates <div class='vspace'></div> for vertical
> space sequences. In addition, PmWiki is able to collapse the
> vspace <div> with any subsequent paragraph tags, such that
> a sequence like
>
>     <div class='vspace></div><p>...paragraph text...</p>
>
> is automatically converted to
>
>     <p class='vspace'>...paragraph text...</p>
>
> This allows for better control over paragraph spacing. It is
> expected that this change in vspace handling will not have
> any detrimental effects on existing sites.

There is a slight detrimental effect upon the sidebar of the default
skin.  The vertical space has widened between blocks of sidebar menu
items.

The old behavior can (almost, but not precisely) be restored by adding
this line to the default stylesheet.

    #wikileft .vspace { margin-top:1.125em; }

PITS entry at: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PITS/00751

Hagan




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