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I don't think there is "logic" for screwing up the output, more likely the implementation is bugged and they just didn't bother to fix those glitches, and then put it on the page as "feature". At least, I failed to find any relevant code, but I could easily be missing it. And I still would agree, that kind of sucks

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Or likely the more content you attempt to add, the harder it is to layout. Rather than add logic to do anything about it, just let the layout logic run rampant.

Here I thought part of the allure of suckless development was that simple code held less bugs and was more flexible given fewer moving parts.

I don’t know how one could possibly get infinite flexibility and robustness in any case, let alone with simple code and fewer moving parts.

Why would it not be?

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