[Bug 21711] Unclear statement regarding inclusion of newlines in <pre> and <textarea>

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21711

Erika Doyle Navara <erika.doyle@microsoft.com> changed:

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Status: Accepted

Change Description: Here's my attempt at rewording that final sentence:

A single newline may be placed immediately after the start tag of pre and
textarea elements. This does not affect the processing of the element. If the
element's contents are intended to start with a newline, two consecutive
newlines thus need to be included by the author.

Master:
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/d601f6af9914aa0dadd3277c8771ed46995f61de

Cherry-pick to CR:
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/8963a19d002ff90eba546c61f39a3d9ab4d07eda

Rationale: Rewording for to improve clarity for web authors for both HTML5 CR
and 5.1 drafts. I didn't differentiate this HTML quirk from the same scenario
in XHTML, as it seems sufficiently implied by this being situated in section 8
"The HTML Syntax" (as opposed to Section 9 "The XHTML Syntax").

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