Re: Current Status of Discussion on RE/RS Handling

From: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 12:56:33 -0400 Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19960927165633.00953324@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org · This archive was generated by hypermail pre-2.1.9 : Wednesday, 24 September 2003 10:03:23 EDT

At 10:43 AM 9/27/96 -0400, David G. Durand"  (David G. Durand wrote:
>   I like the consistency and simplicity of these rules, but the lack of
>any way to have a "verbatim" element is a fatal flaw. Pandering to typists
>is not a good idea, but removing useful functionality for the sole sake of
>preserving compatibility is far worse. 

Isn't a verbatim element just text-entry convenience? Why should it be
preserved instead of the ability to use newlines as formatting around tags?

 Paul Prescod