- From: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 01:25:21 -0700
- To: www-html@w3.org
At 2:42a -0400 07/10/97, Jim Wise wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
>
> > I often use TT for inline filenames/extensions, such as:
> >
> > BinHex (<TT>.hqx</TT>) files and StuffIt (<TT>.sit</TT>) files...
> >
> > I do this to ensure legibility regardless of what font the user has
> > chosen for regular body text.
>
> It would be more correct to use <KBD>, <CODE>, <SAMP>, or <VAR> here,
> depending on your context. Again, the point being that any of these
> give the browser more information as to your intentions than simply
> specifying a typeface does.
Not <CODE>, as it is not program code. Not <VAR>, as it is not a variable
either. <KBD> also is not applicable, as it is not something for the user
to type. I don't see how <SAMP> applies either -- again, the goal above
is purely legibility; <TT> fulfills that goal.
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Received on Thursday, 10 July 1997 04:26:44 UTC