RE: br semantics

Chris,

Thanks for your comment. The TT WG has reviewed this comment has agreed
upon the following response:

It (<br/>) is intended to have the same effect as the ASCII control
codes CR
followed by NL on a teletype device. Therefore, two br elements will
indeed produce a different effect than a single br element on a
compliant presentation processor. Additional language that clarifies
this intention will be added.

Regards,
Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: public-tt-request@w3.org [mailto:public-tt-request@w3.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Lilley
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 12:11 AM
To: public-tt@w3.org
Subject: br semantics


Hello public-tt,

http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-ttaf1-dfxp-20060427/
Section 7.1.7 br states:

  The br element denotes an explicit line break.

  When presented on a visual medium, the presence of a br element must
  be interpreted as a force line break

Is that a break as in a carriage return (move to start of line), a line
feed (move down one line) or both? In particular, does a sequence of two
or more br elements produce a different visual effect to a single br?

-- 
 Chris Lilley                    mailto:chris@w3.org
 Interaction Domain Leader
 Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
 W3C Graphics Activity Lead
 Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG

Received on Thursday, 27 July 2006 15:08:16 UTC