- From: Arnoud <galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl>
- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 20:01:15 +0200
- To: www-html@w3.org
In article <v03007804888858bf5790@[205.149.180.135]>, Walter Ian Kaye <boo@best.com> wrote: > At 8:33p +0200 08/01/96, Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet wrote: > >Eh? I thought it was defined as "connects two non-whitespace sequences > >in such a way the line will not be broken between the two." > > And this behavior just happens to be fulfilled by simply treating the > nonbreaking-space as non-whitespace. And since non-whitespace does not > collapse, is "protected" from collapsing. No special treatment > was necessary, no special treatment was specified, and so no special > treatment was ever applied to . Why start now? Because is a _space_ and as such should be collapsed. That's my main argument here. I do not see a *reason* that should be treated any different from " ". > No, it only *looks* like a space. (Why does this remind me of Dan Rather?;) The name *says* it's a space. :-) Who's Dan Rather? Galactus -- To find out more about PGP, send mail with HELP PGP in the SUBJECT line to me. E-mail: galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl - Please PGP encrypt your mail if you can. Finger galactus@turtle.stack.urc.tue.nl for public key (key ID 0x416A1A35). Anonymity and privacy site: <http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~galactus/remailers/>
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