http://snk.rubyforge.org/web/ <p>News feed for <a href="http://gerbil.rubyforge.org">the Gerbil project</a></p> en-us Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:22:23 -0700 Rassmalog 12.0.1 http://snk.rubyforge.org/web/2008-06-22-gerbil-3-1-0.html http://snk.rubyforge.org/web/2008-06-22-gerbil-3-1-0.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:13:57 -0700 <p>This release improves the <span class="caps">HTML</span> format by reducing the output file size, improving on-line usability and document printability (please try the &#8220;print preview&#8221; function in your browser; the output is simply beautiful!), and repairing some defects.</p> <h1>Improvements</h1> <ul> <li>The file size of the <span class="caps">HTML</span> format&#8217;s output has been significantly reduced by reusing the data for embedded admonition icons through <span class="caps">CSS</span>. So use admonitions generously; they will not bloat the output file size!</li> </ul> <h2>Usability</h2> <ul> <li>All headings are now hyperlinks to themselves. This allows readers to obtain a &#8220;permanent link&#8221; to any section in your <span class="caps">HTML</span> document.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A meta navigation menu is now emitted at the top of the <span class="caps">HTML</span> document. This menu contains hyperlinks to the various structural elements of a document, such as the abstract, table of contents, list of figures, and references.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The color of visited hyperlinks has been darkened to improve readability.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The style of <strong>blockquote</strong> now provides better focus on its content.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Cross-reference (xref) hyperlinks now have a mouse-hover title when you override the default link text.</li> </ul> <h2>Printing</h2> <ul> <li>Page breaks are now inserted before major sections in the document. This allows for easier printing (you can print a subset of pages without fear of discontinuity) and improves readability through better organization.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In browsers that support <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors">CSS3 pseudo-class selectors</a>, cross-reference hyperlinks now show the name and index of their destination node.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Internal hyperlinks (which point to internal <span class="caps">URI</span> fragments) that are not cross-references are now shown as normal text to reduce distraction.</li> </ul> <h1>Repairs</h1> <ul> <li>Cross-reference (xref) hyperlinks to paragraphs were broken due to a missing <strong>id</strong> attribute.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Removed useless <span class="caps">CSS</span> styles and fixed some <span class="caps">XHTML</span> validation issues.</li> </ul> gerbil project mailto:snk@gna.org?subject=Gerbil%203.1.0&body=http%3A%2F%2Fsnk.rubyforge.org%2Fweb%2F2008-06-22-gerbil-3-1-0.html