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It would be nice to have the entire thread available on the reply page.
When creating a reply i often need to look back at more than just the previous message to grab quotes, check facts, ...
2.
I understand you need to display ads, no problem.
However, i miss having the main page section listings on the left (when not on the main page).
I'd rather not have to go back to the main page to select 'Tree Controls' for example.
This is somewhat related to the 1st suggestion, in that; when creating a reply i will often want to find a relevant article and get it's link.
Currently i open other instances of CP to handle the above.
Neither are urgent, just might want to mull over the usage pattern and think about ways to streamline things.
...cmk
Save the whales - collect the whole set
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I've hung around CP for a couple of years, now, lurking in the silent shadows of anonymity. Recently, though, I've started contributing back to the community since I've recently written Win32/.NET applications and feel comfortable with the accurary and precision of my answers.
In my answers and article (with more articles to come; I want that platinum status, folks!), I've found an irritant that causes me to cringe everytime I see it: PRE tags that extend beyond the border of the message/article. Of course, it does not do that in MSIE. I accept that. Since I exclusively use FF to view CP, though, I see it on almost every page.
The problem occurs because of the higlighted line in the following snippet from the CSS file /styles/global.css:
PRE
{
background-color: #FBEDBB;
padding: 7pt;
background-image: url(/images/codebg.gif);
font: 9pt "Courier New", Courier, mono;
white-space: pre;
<span style="background-color:#9999cc;">width: 100%;</span>
}If that width: 100%; gets removed from the global.css file, then the PRE tags behave the same on both MSIE 5.5/6.0 and FF 0.X/1.X. This behaves as it should, with the PRE tag's block display extending to the boundaries of its parent HTML block display element. [I don't know about other broswers because I don't have them installed. Sorry. If I did, I'd test them for you.]
If anyone does not have any objections, can we remove that width: 100%; from the CSS file? And, if there's anything I can do to help with this change (or no change, as that's okay, too), please, do not hesitate to ask.
Sorry about the complaint. Just thought I'd ask. Never hurts, right?
"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty
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Better yet, if both width and overflow are set to automatic:
width: auto;
overflow: auto;
then extra-long lines in pre blocks no longer increase the width of the entire page...
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...if you're using GreaseMonkey+CPHog - stick this in your CPHog user script:
for(var i=0;i<document.styleSheets.length;i++)
{
if(document.styleSheets[i].href.toLowerCase().indexOf("styles/global.css")!=-1)
{
var styleSheet=document.styleSheets[i];
for(var j=0;j<styleSheet.cssRules.length;j++)
{
if(styleSheet.cssRules[j].selectorText=="pre")
{
styleSheet.cssRules[j].style.width="auto";
styleSheet.cssRules[j].style.overflow="auto";
break;
}
}
break;
}
}
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Hmm... it seems that overflow:auto doesn't work when a post starts out expanded at page load - I guess the layout isn't re-calculated correctly when the script changes the overflow property. I think I recall having this problem before with a lookup control I did - I will have to see what I did there to fix it.
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Shog9 wrote: Looks like Chris has both changes in the main stylesheet now.
Awesome! 
Shog9 wrote: BTW - Firefox has (as of 1.5) a fairly simple means of adding site-specific CSS rules to your userContent.css file
I'd heard about it but was not aware that you could override existing style attributes with it (although thinking about it, I ought to have known you could do it via the "!important" specifier). Thanks for the info!
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Shog,
Thanks for the pointer. I don't mind doing that on my machine; however, I just wanted everyone who shows up here to dig the articles and postings without hassle. I want everyone* to use CP!
* Everyone that needs it, I mean. I don't think that my six-year old son needs it. YET!
"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty
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Curtis S. wrote: I just wanted everyone who shows up here to dig the articles and postings without hassle.
And we appreciate it. 
I only mentioned the means of doing it locally because i figured there are others like me who, while happy to make suggestions, also don't like to actually wait for them to be implemented... 
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<smile>I don't know who you are, but I like your style.</smile>
"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty
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To practice my colloquialisms:
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO CHRIS FOR THE CHANGE! LOOKS GREAT!
"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty
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is probably a great tribute - but it is probably the one breaking the menus in IE6
We say "get a life" to each other, disappointed or jokingly. What we forget, though, is that this is possibly the most destructive advice you can give to a geek.
boost your code || Fold With Us! || sighist
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This a good site
but can be improved some small problems i face
1> I want to directly naviage to the VC++ Message Board
so easy way or link can be introduced.
2> When i have posed a qestion and then refresh to see
the answer all contents are refresh some time this
take more time , so we can just refresh the section
related to the question which will be more faster.
Might be there are technical constrains but i just wanted
to bring this to notice , its good if it is possible .
Thank you
Vikas Amin
Embin Technology
Bombay
vikas.amin@embin.com
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vikas amin wrote:
1> I want to directly naviage to the VC++ Message Board
so easy way or link can be introduced.
On the top right of every page, there are some navigation dropdowns. On the top of the 'Message Boards' dropdown, it says 'Visual C++'. Just to let you know... 
Pompiedompiedom...
"..Commit yourself to quality from day one..it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.."
-- Mark McCormick
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Would it not be quite interesting/useful if there was a CP IRC channel? That is of course assuming that one does not already exist, and I have not been too stupid/blind/foolish to miss it.
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Good grief NOOooooooo!!!111
An IRC channel would sux0r teh big!!111
Seriously... This has been suggested many times and rejected many times for good reasons. Mainly - Most people here really don't have the time to waste on IRC channels.
Also, people would abuse it. For example, many people here answer questions on the programming forums. I, personally, would not want to go through a chat with someone to answer their questions. When I answer a question I want the answer to be available to everyone, not just the person at the other end of the chat. If the answer is available to all then there is the chance that someone is not so lazy and will use the search function. If the answer is not available on CP then everybody loses.
My: Blog | Photos
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucious
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Hi there,
I'm getting too old to be reminded of my own birthday, so I tried to remove it from my settings. However, it just kept reappearing, even after I saved and logged out.
I've now changed it to 2001  but does anyone know how I can just clear the field?
I've tried 0/0/0000 and 0 and blank. Nothing seems to work!
Thanks,
F.
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faye wrote: I'm getting too old to be reminded of my own birthday...
When and where are you being reminded of such?
"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb
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It's in "My Settings", like I said. There's a link to it on the right nav bar.
It also shows in your profile.
For instance, yours is: Friday 6th September, 1968
FayeWilliams.com
-- modified at 17:05 Monday 5th December, 2005
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faye wrote: It's in "My Settings", like I said. There's a link to it on the right nav bar.
It also shows in your profile.
For instance, yours is: Friday 6th September, 1968
I know all that. If you don't like to be reminded of your birthday, why not just refrain from visiting the My Settings page? How often do you need to visit that page anyhow?
"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb
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OK, let me rephrase my original question, without the niceties:
My profile says that my birthday is in 2001. I would like to empty this field if possible, but when I delete the date, it reappears.
Can anyone tell me how I can clear the field?
Thanks,
F.
FayeWilliams.com
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Thanks for your help DavidCrow and Chris Maunder - I emailed as you suggested, and Chris cleared the field for me.
FayeWilliams.com
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why to clear it ?!
why not to replace it with the true date ? 
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
[toxcct][VisualCalc 2.20] | soon : [VisualCalc 3.0]
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A lady never reveals her true age.
At least, that's what my mum told me. 
FayeWilliams.com
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