- From: Gerald Oskoboiny <Gerald.Oskoboiny@ualberta.ca>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 15:59:41 -0600 (MDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Walter Ian Kaye writes: > I use IMG inside of PRE on my "Directory of Files" page. It works > perfectly, though I use it in a "relatively safe" way, I think. :) > > The algorithm Netscape uses is pretty simple: > > 1--2--3--4--5--6--7--8--9--0--1--2--3-- > _____ > |:::| s--o--m--e-- t--e--x--t-- > |:::| > '---' > a--n--d-- m--o--r--e-- > > The image is 1.5 characters wide, so the following text begins at the next > "whole" character position. With a monospace font, the relationship between > characters and pixels is a very short arithmetic formula, so laying this > out is child's play for the browser. This isn't a safe use of IMG within PRE, because it is impossible to create an image that's "1.5 characters wide." (There *are* safe uses of IMG within PRE, but this isn't one of them.) Gerald -- Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald.oskoboiny@ualberta.ca> Phone: +1-403-492-7698 Systems Analyst, Information Systems Fax: +1-403-492-7172 Office of the Registrar and Student Awards University of Alberta <URL:http://www.registrar.ualberta.ca/> <URL:http://www.ualberta.ca/>
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