RE: white space handling

An explanation aimed at beginners here:
http://www.miswebdesign.com/resources/articles/web-design-xhtml-2-1.html

Cheers,
Nigel

MIS Web Design
http://www.miswebdesign.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-html-request@w3.org [mailto:www-html-request@w3.org]On Behalf
> Of Jim Dabell
> Sent: 13 March 2003 12:43
> To: www-html@w3.org
> Subject: Re: white space handling
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday 14 March 2003 4:45 am, Sigurd Lerstad wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've tried to find something on white space handling in 
> html/xhtml (Just as
> > it is described for SVG), but I can't find anything useful.
> 
> "In order to avoid problems with SGML line break rules and 
> inconsistencies 
> among extant implementations, authors should not rely on user agents to 
> render white space immediately after a start tag or immediately 
> before an end 
> tag."
> 
> 	-- http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.1
> 
> -- 
> Jim Dabell
> 
> 

Received on Sunday, 16 March 2003 18:16:01 UTC