Re: [MacPerl] opening file: with code

[Bruce Van Allen <bva@cruzio.com>]

At 3:35 PM -0500 8/9/99, Matthew Langford wrote:
>On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Cameron Ashby wrote:
>
>> Instead, handle your input one line at a time.  I've generated tables big
>> enough to crash web browsers this way.
>
>Same here.  Problem is, this is too easy to accomplish with Netscape
>Communicator.  (Don't know about IE.)
>
>If you want dramatically faster loading times, both on Macs and PCs, use
><pre> formatted text lines laid out in tabular fashion.
>
>Perl can print this just as easily as a <table>.  One drawback is that
>making something bold changes, and possibly ruins, the text size and
>spacing.  But you can still highlight lines by giving them yellow or
>other-colored backgrounds.
>
>If you get tired of slow-loading tables, give it a try.  Sometimes crude
>technology works better.


Yes. Using formats and formline(), it's possible to have considerable 
control over text, emulating most of what can be done with HTML 
tables. And it's fast, both at the Perl processing end, and at the 
browser loading end.

OTOH, if you're really feeling restricted by the <PRE> element's 
limitations, then produce a series of small tables rather then one 
long one...

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- Bruce

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