Re: Quick Question on <Hn> and <HR>

Paul "S." Wain <Paul.Wain@brunel.ac.uk>
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 09:54:17 +0200
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From: Paul "S." Wain <Paul.Wain@brunel.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Quick Question on <Hn> and <HR>
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Dave,

<Dave Raggett wrote:>
@ > That is, can I justifiably use the <HR> tag inside a <H#> tag? (#=1..6)
@ 
@ The answer is currently NO for html+ as HR is seen as a block like element.

In that case then is there any chance of making it so?

For example compare something like:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
    <TITLE>
	A title.
    </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
    <H1>
	This is an header
	<HR>
    </H1>
    Just a bit of text for example purposes...
</BODY>
</HTML>

to:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
    <TITLE>
        A title.
    </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
    <H1>
        This is an header
    </H1>
    <HR>    
    Just a bit of text for example purposes...
</BODY>
</HTML>

Just from a presentation point of view I think that the 1st one looks a
little cleaner. (No it isnt just a Mosaic-ism *grin* Look at it in Lynx
too)... Infact here is a sample:

This is the 1st one in Lynx which is "suposedly" (No offence meant Lou -
just trying to avoid Mosaic as an example case - no offence NCSA either
*grin*) more HTML/HTML+ compliant:

                               1.0 INTRODUCTION.
   __________________________________________________________________________
 
   In order to create an effective X.500 browser for the World Wide Web

and this is in lynx in the SECOND case:

                               1.0 INTRODUCTION.
 
 
     _________________________________________________________________
 
   In order to create an effective X.500 browser for the World Wide Web


Question: Which looks nicer? To me the 1st case.
Question: Which is ``correct''? The 2nd.

Try it in Mosaic. The result is much the same... that extra white space
is just too much to bear.

Im not asking for that much of a redifinition (I think *grin*) all Im
asking is the certain tags (well only HR actually I think) be modified
slightly so they can exist inside the <H1|H2|H3|H4|H5|H6> tags.

Does anyone else support this move? Can anyone see any problems?

Thanks,

Paul

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