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Re: lynx-dev Re: making Web pages universally usable: 10 steps to succes
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Re: lynx-dev Re: making Web pages universally usable: 10 steps to success |
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Mon, 6 May 2002 16:33:18 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, Nelson H. F. Beebe said:
> Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 15:51:53 -0600 (MDT)
>
> I quote (and highlight the critical phrase):
>
> The HTML specification additionally requires an application to
> squeeze all multiple white-space characters to a single space
> in mixed context as well, and to omit any white-space
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> immediately following a start-tag and immediately before
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
???
Do they perhaps mean "or" rather than "and" here? As written, it
applies only to white-space which is the entire content of a tag
pair.
> end-tags, but not other forms of white-space.
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> This is an important point: it means that the _'s (representing a
> physical space or newline) ... must be squeezed out entirely
>
Not disputing the accuracy of your reporting, but I'm not sure
I like that. It means I can't use:
<PRE>
</PRE>
to force vertical white space. I suppose I can instead:
<PRE>
</PRE>
-- gil
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