Re: LYNX-DEV Re: text justification inconsistency (fwd)

[Andrew Kuchling]

> The Atlantic Monthly webmaster (message included below) told me text 
> justification problems are a lynx issue.  A number of sites have center 
> justified text under v 2.6  For instance CNN and The Economist.  Is there 
> a way for me to correct this problem from my machine?  I use a shell 

Hmm... Invalid HTML, and in particular, improper nesting of <CENTER>
and <BLOCKQUOTE> tags does it; the Soros article has <CENTER>
... <BLOCKQUOTE> ... </CENTER> </BLOCKQUOTE>.  A small example:

<CENTER>
<P> This is centered.
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>Here's a block quotation.
</CENTER>
<P>This is some more text.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>This shouldn't be centered.

        This produces:

                             This is centered.

     Here's a block quotation.

                          This is some more text.

                        This shouldn't be centered.

        It's invalid HTML, so it's just luck that current versions of
Netscape happen to produce results that look right; other browsers may
not.  The HTML writers at the Atlantic Monthly should be using an HTML
validator.


        Andrew Kuchling
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