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Re: lynx-dev <p>...</p><pre>...</pre>


From: Larry W. Virden
Subject: Re: lynx-dev <p>...</p><pre>...</pre>
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 07:22:51 -0400 (EDT)

From: David Woolley <address@hidden>

> There is nothing in the HTML specification that requires a blank line here

That is correct.  However, there is wording, at least in HTML 4.0, which
recommends adding the blank line behavior.  From
<URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html>, I read:

> Style sheets provide rich control over the size and style of a font,
> the margins, space before and after a paragraph, the first line indent,
> justification and many other details. The user agent's default style sheet
> renders P elements in a familiar form, as illustrated above. One could,
> in principle, override this to render paragraphs without the breaks that
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> conventionally distinguish successive paragraphs. In general, since this
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> may confuse readers, we discourage this practice.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


> without one) and I don't think there has ever been a formal definition
> of the implied style sheet for Lynx, other than the code itself, so I

Anyone a style sheet expert on the list?  Having a style sheet that
matches the lynx code seems like it would be worthwhile.
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