LYNX-DEV collapsing BR tags

[Philip Webb]

971106 Cyrille Chignardet wrote: 
> I'm currently using lynx v.2.7.1 under VMS and have a problem with <BR> tag.
> If I put several <BR> continously, just one is effective in the HTML page.
> The same pages is displayed correctly with previous release of lynx.
> What's this trouble??

i'm tempted to say some hyper-prescriptive developer around Lynx 2-6 or 2-7,
but that might not be tactful.  i got caught by this too once.

you can restore the natural rational sensible behaviour of treating
each  <BR>  as a separate request for a new line by editing  lynx.cfg :
find & set  COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS:FALSE  (it's some way into the file).

when caught myself i searched the HTML rules for authority for this change
& could find it nowhere; nor was a request to lynx-dev for explanation
rewarded with a reply.  maybe you'll be luckier.

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