More questions on tags
Brian Kelly <ECL6BK@lucs-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk>
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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 16:15:42 +0200
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Subject: More questions on tags
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How do the line break tags (<BR> and <L>) fit in with the pararagraph
container? I can see authors using these tags to control the appearance
of their document using their favourite browser, but losing the
structure of the document.
To give a specific example consider a document containing a list of
people in an orgnisation
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Staff List</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Prime Minister</H2>
<P>John Smith</P>
<H2>Ministers</H2>
<P>Douglas Hurd</P>
<P>Kenneth Baker</P>
..
The author on seeing this rendered as:
Prime Minister
John Major
Ministers
Douglas Hurd
Henneth Baker
may be tempted to write:
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Staff List</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Prime Minister</H2>
<P>John Smith<BR>
<H2>Ministers</H2>
<P>Douglas Hurd<BR>
<P>Kenneth Baker<BR>
..
or
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Staff List</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2>Prime Minister</H2>
John Smith<BR>
<H2>Ministers</H2>
Douglas Hurd<BR>
Kenneth Baker<BR>
..
These may look nicer, but the definition of the paragraph is lost.
Any comments?
Brian Kelly
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