Pdf rendering 'bug' for multiline <blockquote>
Bjoern
I've got a problem with rendering multiline <blockquotes>. In
principle the following mediawiki text results in the desired result:
<blockquote>
line 1
line 2
</blockquote>
but when this is rendered to pdf, only the 2nd line is blockquoted.
Plenty of examples for the various behaviours here:
http://www.ict4e.net/wiki/Collection/issues
Does anybody have a work around for doing a multi-line indentation?
(Using div, or blockquote? I'd like to avoid a table,
though this would presumably work.)
Bjoern
Bjoern
my original post may well be related to
http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/ticket/305
http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/ticket/41
from about 5-6 months ago, both of which are marked as 'fixed'.
Should this have made it into the public render server yet? If not, is
there a way to test this (other than installing the dev version
myself)?
(I've put the same mediawiki text here: http://simple.pediapress.com/w/index.php/User:Bjoern
, with the same results.)
Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks,
Bjoern
Ralf Schmitt
>
> Dear all,
>
> I've got a problem with rendering multiline <blockquotes>. In
> principle the following mediawiki text results in the desired result:
>
> <blockquote>
> line 1
>
> line 2
> </blockquote>
>
> but when this is rendered to pdf, only the 2nd line is blockquoted.
this seems to work for me using the latest mwlib/mwlib.rl (i.e. it
produces a blockquoted "line1 line 2", just like my mediawiki
installation does...
> Plenty of examples for the various behaviours here:
> http://www.ict4e.net/wiki/Collection/issues
>
It look like our tree cleaner code moves the paragraph nodes to the
outer paragraph:
In [3]: uparser.simpleparse("<blockquote><div>bla\n\nblubb</div></blockquote>")
2009-02-25T13:22:09 parser.info >> Parsing "'unknown'"
Article 'unknown': 1 children
Paragraph '': 1 children
Style '-': 1 children
TagNode u'div': 2 children
Paragraph '': 1 children
u'bla'
Node '': 1 children
u'blubb'
Volker?
Regards,
- Ralf
Volker Haas
Actually the treecleaner has nothing to do with the problem. There was a
bug in mwlib.rl which is fixed now.
But the handling of multi-paragraph blockquotes in mwlib.rl is a bit
awkward. To be precise the current solution is a little hackish: the
output is not a real blockquote but only left indented , the right
indentation of a "real" blockquote is missing. I hope this is not a problem.
Bjoern, why do you use multi-paragraph blockquotes anyway? Why not use
multiple single-paragraph blockquotes?
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Bjoern
thanks for the responses, and good to hear that a fix is available.
Is there a public version of the latest mwlib.rl, that I could point
my Extension at? Or would I actually have to install the code from
source to test?
> But the handling of multi-paragraph blockquotes in mwlib.rl is a bit
> awkward. To be precise the current solution is a little hackish: the
> output is not a real blockquote but only left indented , the right
> indentation of a "real" blockquote is missing. I hope this is not a problem.
(see above examples), which would allow to distinguish quoted text
further.
> Bjoern, why do you use multi-paragraph blockquotes anyway? Why not use
> multiple single-paragraph blockquotes?
easy to insert a {{quote| ... }} and then paste the email text, which
might contain multiple paragraphs, as well as lists and other wiki
markup. It's quite awkward to have to insert a {{quote|...}} around
every paragraph. Also, it's quite good to have the {{quote| ...}}
around contiguous paragraphs from the same email, to distinguish (at
least in the wiki markup) when new emails start.
Thanks,
Bjoern
Volker Haas
Bjoern wrote:
> Hi Ralf, hi Volker,
>
> thanks for the responses, and good to hear that a fix is available.
>
> Is there a public version of the latest mwlib.rl, that I could point
> my Extension at? Or would I actually have to install the code from
> source to test?
>
>
I haven't built a new release of mwlib.rl so you have to install from
source or wait a couple of days. Installing from source is not
difficult, you need to install mercurial (version control software) and
check out the source. Instructions can be found at
http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/wiki/mwlib-install (note: instructions
are for mwlib -> installing mwlib.rl pretty much only requires to
replace mwlib by mwlib.rl)
>> But the handling of multi-paragraph blockquotes in mwlib.rl is a bit
>> awkward. To be precise the current solution is a little hackish: the
>> output is not a real blockquote but only left indented , the right
>> indentation of a "real" blockquote is missing. I hope this is not a problem.
>>
>
> That would be ok for me, especially if background colour is preserved
> (see above examples), which would allow to distinguish quoted text
> further.
>
I forgot to mention that an unpleasant surprise is waiting for you
there. The coloring in your examples was not handled correctly by
mwlib.rl. Coloring multiple paragraphs with a solid background color is
not possible right now.
I fear currently the only solution with which you will be able to
achieve what you want is to use tables. I know it's ugly by I don't have
a better idea currently. You also have to make sure that the table has
more than just a single column b/c these tables are removed (content is
kept).
>
>> Bjoern, why do you use multi-paragraph blockquotes anyway? Why not use
>> multiple single-paragraph blockquotes?
>>
>
> I'm logging a discussion from an email list to a mediawiki. It's quite
> easy to insert a {{quote| ... }} and then paste the email text, which
> might contain multiple paragraphs, as well as lists and other wiki
> markup. It's quite awkward to have to insert a {{quote|...}} around
> every paragraph. Also, it's quite good to have the {{quote| ...}}
> around contiguous paragraphs from the same email, to distinguish (at
> least in the wiki markup) when new emails start.
>
>
Ok, this makes sense.
Regards,
Volker
Bjoern
> I haven't built a new release of mwlib.rl so you have to install from
> source or wait a couple of days. Installing from source is not
> > That would be ok for me, especially if background colour is preserved
> > (see above examples), which would allow to distinguish quoted text
> > further.
>
> I forgot to mention that an unpleasant surprise is waiting for you
> there. The coloring in your examples was not handled correctly by
> mwlib.rl. Coloring multiple paragraphs with a solid background color is
> not possible right now.
another attribute to distinguish it from the main flow of the text.
Would other attributes of the div (such as italic font), or an <i> tag
around the whole contents of the blockquote be handled correctly?
Many thanks for the suggestions and help!
Bjoern
Volker Haas
Bjoern wrote:
>
>
> The colour isn't essential, but I'd like to give the blockquote
> another attribute to distinguish it from the main flow of the text.
> Would other attributes of the div (such as italic font), or an <i> tag
> around the whole contents of the blockquote be handled correctly?
>
>
Using a <i> (or <em>) tag should do the trick. But I guess it would be
better to stick it inside the div if possible.
Bjoern
Bjoern
Bjoern
I've now tested this, and the <blockquote><div> now works: All lines
are indented properly.
However, the <blockquote><div><i> doesn't work: Only the first
paragraph within the blockquote is italic.
Examples:
http://www.ict4e.net/wiki/Collection/issues
http://www.ict4e.net/wiki/File:Collection_Issue_1_new.png
Do you have any further suggestions on what I could do?
Many thanks!
Bjoern
Volker Haas
what you describe is caused by a bug. I opened a ticket for that
http://code.pediapress.com/wiki/ticket/514
The only real workaround that I can suggest is to style the paragraphs
separately - but judging from our previous discussions I fear this is
not possible in your case.
Currently I have no other ideas...
Regards,
Volker
Volker Haas
the bug (#514) is now fixed, your code snippet should now work.
Regards,
Volker
sl contrib
Volker Haas
my answer was a little misleading. The examples in the link below do
work (except when using the css font-style parameter) only in the
current trunk version. We have not yet build a new package but we'll do
so in about a week or so.
Regards,
Volker
> >
> >> Bjoern wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> The colour isn't essential, but I'd like to give the blockquote
> >>> another attribute to distinguish it from the main flow of the
> text.
> >>> Would other attributes of the div (such as italic font), or an
> <i> tag
> >>> around the whole contents of the blockquote be handled correctly?
> >>>
> >> Using a <i> (or <em>) tag should do the trick. But I guess it
> would be
> >> better to stick it inside the div if possible.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> volker haas brainbot technologies ag
> >> fon +49 6131 2116394 boppstraße 64
> >> fax +49 6131 2116392 55118 mainz
> >>
> > >
> >
>
> --
> volker haas brainbot technologies ag
> fon +49 6131 2116394 boppstraße 64
> fax +49 6131 2116392 55118 mainz
Bjoern
Bjoern
I just wanted to check whether the new trunk version has gone live.
(The page still renders as before.)
All the best,
Bjoern
Volker Haas
sorry for the delay. The reason was the reimplementation of some core
parts of the parser. Testing took a little longer than we thought, and
therefore we didn't release a new package. But this time I am very sure
that we'll upload a package very soon - possibly today.
Best,
Bjoern
many thanks - italics within blockquote now works!
Background colours only seem to work for single paragraph divs, but
that's ok with me.
All the best,
Bjoern