Re: lynx-dev LYNX: sometimes need <br><br> to generate blank line

[Klaus Weide]

On Wed, 24 May 2000, David Combs wrote:

> So I switched the "#", getting "TRUE":
> 
>   1061  .h2 COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS
>   1062  # If COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS is set FALSE, Lynx will not collapse serial BR 
> tags.
>   1063  # If set TRUE, two or more concurrent BRs will be collapsed into a 
> single
>   1064  # line break.  Note that the valid way to insert extra blank lines in 
> HTML
>   1065  # is via a PRE block with only newlines in the block.
>   1066  #
>   1067  COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS:TRUE
>   1068  #COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS:FALSE
> 
> 
> And then run a 2nd lynx on that http://www.fathom.com/index.html site,

Tried it; COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS has the expected effect.

> did a p in each one, one to t1 and the other to t2, and
> did a diff, and no difference at all.
> 
> That comment about collapse doesn't say what the EFFECT
> is SUPPOSED to be when you switch from true to false
> and back.  Isn't a break a break is breakBreakBreak? --

Propose a better text (after you understand what the option does),
if you feel you can make it clearer.

> well, I just ordered, at 45% off (bookpool is having 45% off
> sale on ALL O'Reilly books)  its thick 3rd ed book on html.
> 
> Also, would be nice if that comment would actually
> give me an example of actual code to generate
> a blank line.  (The "pre" followed by block of
> newlines -- a bit confusing for non-htmlers!).
> 
> Anyway, the screen doesn't look like I want it to.
> 
> Also, this page: http://chronicle.com/free/v46/i38/38a01801.htm

Tried it; COLLAPSE_BR_TAGS has the expected effect.

>     http://chronicle.com/free/
> 
> Go there and just go down the list, looking several --
> they all (well, at least the first few, maybe all)
> have the same problem -- all squished together.
> 
> Please, go look at it, and then tell us what you saw,
> and look at the html too, and lets all talk about
> some kludge for lynx that will (optionally) make such
> pages easily readible [...]

Guess what - it's already there.

Seems to me you have several lynx.cfg files and are changing the
wrong one.

   Klaus


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