Re: [docbook-apps] monospace font size increased in XSL 1.61

[Dave Pawson <dpawson@nildram.co.uk>]

At 23:02 03/06/2003 -0700, Bob Stayton wrote:

><xsl:attribute name="font-size">0.9em</xsl:attribute>
>
>In version 1.61, this was removed.  When I started using
>1.61.2, I suddenly found that my program listings that
>formerly fit inside the margins were spilling over into
>the margin.
>
>The CVS log shows that Norm removed it because:
>
>   "Remove font-size; it just looks ugly in the general case"
>
>That may be the case, but it may be a problem for existing
>documents that had a nice fit in the program listings.

Rather than go on that Bob, I restrict all listings to 70 chars or less wide.
Is that (or some other figure) a better starting point, then ask for styling
to fit that on a page?

regards DaveP