string formatting - Display html formatted text, split into page-sized chunks-- methods? -
i'm building web application better give writers constructive criticism. part of involves fetching portions of html-formatted text, scribbled on html5's canvas. if marking page red pen.
i'm having trouble figuring out best way display page-worth (500 x 600px) of text @ time. wordcount work, cut things off @ awkward places. character count, stripped of tags, plus space paragraph breaks may work better, on mono-type font.
so what's best way automatically cut text based on size? or need approach entirely?
here's solution found:
pomax's 'bookstyle' did trick, using javascript , bit of php sanitize text.
the text loaded dynamically generated page-sized div until overflows specified clientheight. when hits overflow, refills page minus last paragraph, attempts add said paragraph word word until bottom of page filled. last, pages 'navigated through' hide() , show() commands.
it bottlenecks on last paragraph each time, , had trouble browser automatically trying close tags adding each word individually, on whole needed do.
http://pomax.nihongoresources.com/downloads/bookstyle/
all credit, of course, goes pomax.
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