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Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>
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Philip Webb |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p> |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:13:45 -0400 (EDT) |
980917 Greg Marr wrote:
> According to HTML specs, <CENTER> is shorthand for <DIV ALIGN="CENTER">.
yes: HTML 4.0 says they are "exactly equivalent" & deprecates <centre> .
> Thus
>> <HTML>
>> <HEAD><TITLE>Test page: centring & line spacing</TITLE></HEAD>
>> <BODY>
>> <center>line 1</center>
>> <center>line 2</center>
>> end of test
>> </BODY></HTML>
>
> is really
>
>> <HTML>
>> <HEAD><TITLE>Test page: centring & line spacing</TITLE></HEAD>
>> <BODY>
>> <DIV ALIGN=center><P>line 1</P></DIV>
>> <DIV ALIGN=center><P>line 2</P></DIV>
>> <P>end of test</P>
>> </BODY></HTML>
no: there's nothing in HTML 4.0 to insert your <P> ... </P>
(which makes no difference to how Lynx renders it anyway). Lynx renders
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Test page: hyphenation</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
start of test
<div align=center>line 1</div>
<div align=center>line 2</div>
end of test
</BODY></HTML>
as
start of test
line 1
line 2
end of test
> So, lynx is rendering this correctly.
no: HTML 4.0 (7.5.3) says:
"Generally, block-level elements begin on new lines.
Block-level elements will close an unterminated paragraph element"
that's "on new lines", not "following a blank line".
Lynx is not following HTML 4.0 in surrounding <div>'s with blank lines,
as if <div> were equivalent to <p> , which it is not.
(7.5.4) gives the following example:
Visual user agents generally place a line break
before and after DIV elements, for instance:
<P>aaaaaaaaa<DIV>bbbbbbbbb</DIV><DIV>ccccc<P>ccccc</DIV>
This is typically rendered as:
aaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbb
ccccc
ccccc
Your user agent renders this as follows:
aaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbccccc
ccccc
both renderings place the <div>'s on consecutive lines
& may ignore </div><div> altogether.
am i missing something in the specs? if not, 2-8-2 should correct this.
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- lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Philip Webb, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Greg Marr, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>,
Philip Webb <=
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Greg Marr, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Philip Webb, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Greg Marr, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Philip Webb, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Al Gilman, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Greg Marr, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, David Woolley, 1998/09/18
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Al Gilman, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Philip Webb, 1998/09/17
- Re: lynx-dev <center> inserts <p>, Al Gilman, 1998/09/17