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From: Dave_Raggett <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: SPaces and Tabs in HTML documents
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 93 12:08:36 BST
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Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.36.1.1]

> You are right.  Actually tabs are mentioned in the PRE part, but
> nowhere else.   The general understanding (before Mosaic) was that

>         - Multiple spaces should be respected as such (for example
>           some people like them around punctuation) and should not
>           be used for prettying up the source.

>         - Tabs should not be used outside PRE

> I would like to specify that multiple spaces be interpreted as such.
> Would this be a big problem for anyone?

This doesn't sound right to me. Like Mosaic, I too, treat whitespace
as separators, and ignore how many spaces, carriage returns, newlines
or tabs there are.

Showing more space after punctuation is a rendering issue and should
be left to the reader's preference.

Dave Raggett