- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 09:12:56 -0500
- To: Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@w3.org>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org
Gerald Oskoboiny wrote: > "9.3.4 Preformatted text: The PRE element" > http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Group/9712/PR-html40-971205/struct/text.html#h-9.3.4 > > IMG is excluded from PRE: > > <!ENTITY % pre.exclusion "IMG|OBJECT|BIG|SMALL|SUB|SUP"> > > Which makes the following type of page invalid: > > http://ugweb.cs.ualberta.ca/~gerald/validate/lib/ > > (this is a directory index generated by Apache or NCSA; it must be > in use in millions of pages on the Web.) This is a safe, reasonable > use of IMG within PRE. > > I still think it's a mistake to make this type of thing invalid, > but I've tried to get this changed a number of times in the past > (in HTML 3.2 as well), with no luck. Maybe I should just give up? In http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-html-wg/1997JulSep/0642.html, Chris Lilley writes: > ... I have never heard a convincing reason for > disallowing IMG in PRE, for example. PRE then becomes a generic block wrapper, > like DIV, but with some presentational semantics thrown in. From a cursory search of the HTML WG archives, that's all I found on the subject of IMG in PRE. I fear that the WG (or the Chair) won't approve such a change -- however smart it may be -- at such a late date. Ian -- Ian Jacobs / 401 Second Ave. #19G / New York, NY 10010 USA Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 Email: ibjacobs@panix.com
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