Many of our Reverend Monks use </br> in the text elements of their posts. And, verily, this is a practice worshipfully commended in the secular world, outside our gates. Some, even use < /br>.
But neither is PM approved.
Thus, their adherence to a liturgy used elsewhere practice results -- for those of us who have syntax checking enabled (at Display Settings|HTML Related|HTML error reporting level; something highly recommended here in the Monastery) -- in a light gray rendering of that tag, rather than the intended newline.
Though I was honored (one could argue, "UNjustifiably") with Dev membership, my fu remains insufficient to be comfortable tackling this... nor even to know whether this behavior might best be emended by adding </br> and/or < /br> to the litany of blessed tags by automating correction of this improper tag (see below).
Wiser Bretheren (and Sisteren), pray counsel me!
(... or maybe even implement this?)
update: Struck laudatory language and original suggestion above, in light of corrections below. Since it appears to be a common usage, even here, however, please see my (second, now) third reply below. I seek not to have us sanction the "incorrect," but rather to make those nodes which include this (OK, now I know it's a "heinous sin") tag to what seems to me the un-necessary detriment of readability for those who practice more care.
Update2: Aaargh. I'm tempted to consider this for re-titling, as my errors -- despite edits -- and the title seem to have skewed this discussion in a direction not relevant to my current, amended, suggestion/query/reqest.
In reply to Add < /br> to Approved tags? by ww
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