[Oslc-Automation] printing the automation spec works... not so well really

[Michael F Fiedler]

The table formats are definitely sub-optimal in the new markup.  I will be
taking a look at that and will look at printing as well.


Regards,
Mike

Michael Fiedler
IBM Rational Software
fiedler at us.ibm.com
919-254-4170

oslc-automation-bounces at open-services.net wrote on 09/05/2012 12:58:45 PM:

> John Arwe/Poughkeepsie/IBM at IBMUS
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> [Oslc-Automation] printing the automation spec works... not so well
really
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> Someone internal poked me with this:

>
> Following the high level picture on automation plan, request and
> result, text on the right side is truncated. I need to scale the
> print output down to 60% to get it right. From 27 pages down to 17.
> Need to see whether I can still read it.
> the printout is small but I can read it without glasses - but that's
> really at the edge
> this was printing in landscape mode, so less is cut off
>
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> From experience, I know I've hit similar problems in the past
> because either images are too large (wide) or the resource
> definition tables have long URLs in their text.
> While it *could* be a consequence of the rehosting, due to the above
> I'm skeptical of that explanation.  I think we do need people to be
> able to print (and read) our specs, even if the norm is view them
> on-line.  One quick fix might be to insert spaces after namespace
> prefixes.  Right now, in Automation, all the "parameter"-related
> abbreviated URIs are killing us on column width.  I'm assuming that
> light grey righthand rule is a reasonable indicator of print width
> when I make the "how to fix" suggestions (like that, if it's even
> close to accurate).
> Best Regards, John
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