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Offline jhpadjustableTopic starter

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BBcode request: overline
« on: October 18, 2019, 07:49:40 pm »
Might it be possible to extend the BBcode to render text with overlines, according to the CSS level 1 attribute:
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text-decoration: overline;
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Re: BBcode request: overline
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2019, 09:25:46 am »
I have a question: Why?
 

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Re: BBcode request: overline
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2019, 08:57:32 am »
I have a question: Why?
Active low signal names.
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Re: BBcode request: overline
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2019, 11:57:52 am »
OK.  Fair reason.

Not sure how practical that might be.  If it requires customised code change, then don't expect the idea to be taken up.  Those turn into a maintenance nightmare, which we can't expect Dave to have to deal with.
 

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Re: BBcode request: overline
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2019, 12:13:15 pm »
While overline BBCODE support would be nice to have we can live without it.  There are two common ways of indicating a signal is active low in normal ASCII plaintext.   nSIGNAL or /SIGNAL.   

Its also already possible to resort to Mathjax.
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\$\overline{SIGNAL}\$
gives: \$\overline{SIGNAL}\$.
Unfortunately, that's a mess for anyone with a browser that cant run the Mathjax javascript properly, and also doesn't render till the page is fully loaded, which is problematic for those on slow PCs or slow connections.
« Last Edit: November 12, 2019, 12:29:20 pm by Ian.M »
 
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