Re: Collapsing breaks & non-beaking spaces. from David Perrell on 1997-07-15 (www-html@w3.org from July 1997)

From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:31:06 -0700
To: <www-html@w3.org>
Message-Id: <199707150040.RAA10448@italy.it.earthlink.net>

Liam Quinn wrote:
> The expired HTML 3.0 draft stated that the non-breaking space "should
be 
> treated in the same way as the space character (ASCII character code
32 
> decimal), except that the user agent should never break lines at this

> point." [1]  I assume there was a reason for making this rather
definite 
> statement about the behaviour of the non-breaking space.  Perhaps
when 
> Dave Raggett returns he can offer some insight into this.

There is a practical reason why white space is collapsed. What do you
think it is? What is your reason for wanting &nbsp declared collapsing?

David Perrell

Received on Monday, 14 July 1997 20:40:46 UTC