Re: LYNX-DEV Bug with several continuous <BR> with lynx 2.7.1 under VMS.

[Laura Eaves]

> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:46:27 +0100 (MET)
> From: "Peter J. Weyers" <address@hidden>
>...
> On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Cyrille Chignardet wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 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??
>
> It hasn't been displayed correctly with previous releses ;-) (Well, maybe
> both is allowed)
>
> The only valid way to include more than one linebreak in HTML is to use
> <PRE>
>
>
>
> </PRE>
>
> "<BR>" should force a line break, but not add one, AFAIK.
>
> Peter

See also COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS in lynx.cfg.  You can configure
it to do what you want.
--le

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