Re: •Re: Code that contains </code>

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Re^3: Code that contains </code> (bull) by tye (Sage) on Aug 05, 2003 at 22:15 UTC
Just to be clear, PRE and P are "block" tags so if I use `<pre>line1\nli</pre><pre>ne2\nline3</pre>` [download] or `<p>line1\nli</p><p>ne2\nline3</p>` [download] (where \n is a real newline), the middle close+open don't just disappear: line1 li ne2 line3 I see two blocks with a blank line between them. CODE tags where there is a newline in the code become a block. CODE tags that contain no newlines do not become a block. So a close+open is invisible if there are no newlines in either chunk of code. A close+open cannot become invisible for a block unless we special-case it. That would surprise people who expect them to work like other block tags. - tye	[reply] [d/l] [select]
•Re: Re: •Re: Code that contains </code> by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 05, 2003 at 22:04 UTC
Huh? The point of PRE is to preserve all whitespace. Newline is whitespace. Hence, any textual newline within a PRE element is preserved. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re: •Re: Re: •Re: Code that contains </code> by dws (Chancellor) on Aug 05, 2003 at 22:09 UTC
The point of PRE is to preserve all whitespace. Newline is whitespace. ~~Indeed. But if there's a newline within a <pre> block, browsers will render that line with an extra blank line on the top. Try it.~~ Sigh. Someone slipped crack into my coffee.	[reply]