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You can see the indentation if you use w3m. HN uses tables to structure the comment hierarchy, and the w3m browser does a pretty great job rendering tables.
by ams6110 9y ago
You can see the indentation if you use w3m. HN uses tables to structure the comment hierarchy, and the w3m browser does a pretty great job rendering tables.
- kuschku 9y agoIt'd be much nicer if HN used nested lists (without icon) for comment structuring. That'd also work fine in many more textmode browsers.
- sedachv 9y agow3m sets the column width for the HN nested table spacer all to one value, so you visually only get two levels on nesting. Here is a screenshot of this thread as rendered by w3m: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rZ1yOj55fvQqtWWbOnoSTpvCgxrx4urkTdDbOUh43p_p76G1mHH8S-nSH5BQpcDoJgJW0CC1zBDgxvB3O4TW-l8EnrkGvhhXiIdqWQBfGQbHBOs-oxuxXpy5qVxXs6hmu123dielJg=w834-h625-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rZ1yOj55fvQqtWWbOnoSTpvCgx... w3m table rendering is based on a heuristic algorithm and fails in some cases. See the "Table rendering algorithm in w3m" section in: http://w3m.sourceforge.net/STORY http://w3m.sourceforge.net/STORY