RE: <FIG> implies <P>?

Ron Marriage (rmarriag@dialin.ind.net)
Wed, 12 Jul 95 19:20:39 PDT

The FIG tag is a paragraph tag itself.
It implys the content is a paragraph on its own.
It cannot go into another paragragh like the IMG tag can.

>I've noticed with Arena, that using a <FIG> implies a <P>. Is this
>intentional?
>
>Example: I want to put a <FIG> in the middle of a paragraph, and have
>that paragraph wrap around the top, side and bottom of the <FIG>. So I do
>this:
>
><p>
>Typing, words, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. La dee
>dah, more content here, and now I will put
><FIG src="image.gif align=right>
><caption>The caption for my figure</caption></fig>
>a figure in the middle of my paragraph. This is some more content to my
>paragraph, and this ought to wrap around the top, side, and bottom of the
>figure.
>
>This is what I thought I'd get:
>
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +-----+
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | |
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | |
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | |
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +-----+
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>But this is how Arena shows it:
>
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>xxxxxx +-----+ last line before the <FIG> breaks at the point I
> | | inserted the <FIG> element. It continues after
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | | a <p> break.
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | |
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx +-----+
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>So it seems that <FIG> implies <P>. Is this how it should be?
>
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