Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 05:33:55 -0800 (AKDT) From: groggy@iname.com To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Steve Howe <groggy@iname.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: lynx Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980921052315.4079H-100000@abc.xyz.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211613290.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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> > lynx 2.8 differs from 2.7 in some disappointing ways, > > mainly regarding text handling in <PRE> blocks. > > > > 1. <CENTER> no longer works inside or outside of <PRE> blocks. > > The ideas are mutually exclusive. I'll bet you that HTML spec says that > PRE isn't allowed within CENTER. which spec? there's about 5! it used to be OK with lynx 2.7, and is just fine and dandy with Netscape and IE. i don't know that CENTER and PRE are mutually exclusive. you may be right about some spec, but convention and practicality are good specs too ;) every text based word processor since 1980 can do it. btw, i did run my CENTER/PRE stuff thru several HTML spec verifiers, and they came out A.OK ... > > 2. spaces are no[w] condensed into a single space, killing all > > formatting of text. > > I'll have to check the spec on that, but that sounds like a bug. typo fixed ... 3. <A HREF></A> <A HREF></A> <A HREF></A> links inside PRE blocks now become: <A HREF></A><A HREF></A><A HREF></A> bleh. this prevented me from using lynx a year ago. i was surprised to still see it that way. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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