- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:53:27 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 09:43 PM 12/07/97 -0700, David Perrell wrote: >Liam Quinn wrote: >> Not really, except perhaps that multiple spaces (non-breaking or >> otherwise) are not structural elements and thus should be ignored. >HTML >> 4.0 defines the entity as a method for prohibiting a line >break. >> If we accept as a non-collapsing, non-breaking space, HTML >4.0's >> definition would have to be augmented to also define as a >method >> for forcing a space. But the fact that multiple spaces have nothing >to do >> with structure and everything to do with presentation suggests that >non- >> collapsible spaces have no place in HTML. >> >> While we're on this topic... What about multiple BR elements? >Should >> these be collapsed? > >No, for the same reason as . HTML should not be an exercise in >pedantry. Choose the interpretation that provides the most power of >expression. Do not actively limit presentational possibilities for the >sake of structural Puritanism. So would you do away with the HTML 4.0 draft's comment concerning empty paragraphs: | Empty P elements are bad form and should be ignored by the renderer. (http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40/struct/text.html) Empty P elements are similar to multiple BR elements in a lot of ways... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM8hfRQ/JhtXygIx1AQFXtgMAxhDJGWVu7CjoM5ojHvHYHS7mD0MaVvG+ HNwHzQ+hrUTGidv9Aw+c7XiwakVP+6kC0I5FtgbbBJIduwBLo/Yqw/yRE8opiBQ7 UevbFVme8vsHdWAjjz61lYZ7k9warEqS =NscB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Liam Quinn =============== http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/ =============== Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/ ====== PGP Key at http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/pgp.html =====
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