- From: Mike Batchelor <mikebat@clark.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 08:21:33 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-html@www10.w3.org
Ron Marriage once wrote... > > The FIG tag is a paragraph tag itself. > It implys the content is a paragraph on its own. > It cannot go into another paragragh like the IMG tag can. > Why should it be this way? I can't think of any compelling reason why a <FIG> has to imply a paragraph break. Nor can I think of a compelling reason why a <fig align=center> (the default) has to have word flow disabled. This: > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +-----+ > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +-----+ > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Is just as common in printed text as this: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx +----------+ xxxxxxx xxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxx | | xxxxxxx xxxx +----------+ xxxxxxx xxxx caption xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx So why are they disallowed? -- %%%%%% mikebat@clark.net %%%%%% http://www.clark.net/pub/mikebat/www/ %%%%%%
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