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- We are not stuck on the <PRE> tag, only the functionality. If <p> at
- the end gave us single spaced output, that would be acceptable though a
- bit more work. I've been unable to duplicate the effect using existing
- tags. Whatever name, (I'd prefer <PREFORMATTED>), the standard should
- include an end tag </PRE>. We don't support an end tag, but should. I
- attampted to translate ms documents to html, with some success, but,
- equations (neqn) and tables (tbl), were close to impossible. I'd like
- to use preformatted for those sections alone, and not the whole document
- (http://eies2.njit.edu/rakesh/paper.html).
-
- The idea of new lines being significant is only repungnant in the case
- of generating new hypertext. The express purpose of <PRE> is to make
- use of externally formated text where new lines ARE significant.
-
- I used the <p> tags within <PRE> text in order to marginally support
- browsers that do not understand <PRE>. I'll be glad to provide a
- version of manual pages without the <p>, http://eies2.njit.edu:1234/man-p.
- The long term value of mixing <p> within <PRE> is dubious at best.
-
- The MidasWWW update for <PRE> looked nice and simple. I look forward
- to trying it!
-
- Let's get a <PRE> capability into the standard so we can put anchors everywhere!
-
- jim
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