Reviewed-by: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka(a)ipfire.org>

Hi Stephen,
Welcome to the list and thanks for the patch.

On 04/08/2024 00:36, Stephen Cuka wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Cuka <stephen(a)firemypi.org>
> ---
>
> This patch addresses an issue with the IPFire WebGUI adding a space
> after every 80 characters in the display of long log entries on the
> "Logs/System Logs" page.  (Bug 13735)
>
> The patch removes the "very basic breaking of lines..." code and replaces it
> with a direct copy of the log entry $data to the display output variable $d.
>
>   html/cgi-bin/logs.cgi/log.dat | 11 ++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/logs.cgi/log.dat b/html/cgi-bin/logs.cgi/log.dat
> index 01c382a0d..ce7de0178 100644
> --- a/html/cgi-bin/logs.cgi/log.dat
> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/logs.cgi/log.dat
> @@ -412,11 +412,12 @@ foreach $_ (@log)
>   	    $sec = 'kernel';
>   	    $data = $2.': '.$data;
>   	}
> -	my $d = substr ($data,0,80);
> -	while (length($data)>80){	#very basic breaking of lines...
> -	    $data = substr ($data,80);	#permit correct display in table cell
> -	    $d .=  ' ' . substr ($data,0,80);
> -	}
Removing these lines seems fine to me. The code looks to be adding a 
space instead of doing an actual line break. The text is also auto word 
wrapped in the text box in the browser anyway.
> +	#my $d = substr ($data,0,80);
> +	#while (length($data)>80){	#very basic breaking of lines...
> +	#    $data = substr ($data,80);	#permit correct display in table cell
> +	#    $d .=  ' ' . substr ($data,0,80);
> +	#}
My only question is why you left all the removed lines in place as 
comments, rather than just removing them completely?
> +	my $d = $data; #don't break lines for display
I think you could also save a line by not having this line but changing 
the earlier line of
$data = $2.': '.$data;

to

my $d = $2.': '.$data;

Regards,
Adolf
>   	my $col="";
>   
>   	if ($lines % 2) {

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