Re: Referencing orginal documents, When to use <p></p>

Chuck said:

> 2. <p>..</p> mixed with <ul>..</ul> etc
> 
> One of the things that I get confused over is when to use </p>, if at 
> all. 

In general, miss it out. But remember that <p> goes at the *beginning* 
of a paragraph.

> For example, I might be writing something and then make a couple 
> of points:
> 
> 	<p>
> 	blah blah, for example:
> 	<ul>
> 	<li>one
> 	<li>two
> 	</ul>
> 	and then blah blah.
> 	</p>
> 
> Would that be correct, 

not really, if you intend the </p> to match up with the earlier <p>
The list terminates the paragraph, rather than  being encloded within it.
So what you have is

        <p>
        blah blah, for example:
        </p>         <====== inferred by parser on encountering <ul>
        <ul>
        <li>one
        </li>        <====== inferred by parser on encountering <li>
        <li>two
        </li>        <====== inferred by parser on encountering <li>
        </ul>        <====== this one can't be omitted
        and then blah blah. <=== not actually in a paragraph
        </p>         <====== INCORRECT, no open paragraph to close

Instead, what you probably meant was:

        <p>blah blah, for example:
        <ul>
        <li>one
        <li>two
        </ul>
        <p>and then blah blah.
> 
> This is a simple example of course. Other examples are page lists, 
> which might be:
> 
> 	<h2>     </h2>
> 	<ul>
> 	<li>
> 	</ul>
> 
> Should a <p> .. </p> be there too?

No. You have a heading followed by a list, but no paragraphs.


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Received on Tuesday, 19 December 1995 13:12:32 UTC