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Subject:HTML God I am not From:"Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:52:29 -0400
The > and < codes will work. So will wrapping the code in
<pre>...</pre>, but heed the warning noted below if you go this route. (Note
that the solutions to <pre> noted below will not solve your '<' and '>'
issue.)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Swallow, William
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:44 PM
> To: 'wwp-users -at- yahoogroups -dot- com'; 'hatt -at- yahoogroups -dot- com'
> Subject: the danger of <pre>
> I can't remember on which list this came up recently, but I figure both
> lists can benefit from this info. As was discussed, <pre> can cause line
> wrapping problems in your HTML (<pre> does not wrap inside tables). Here's
> an excellent example:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/en-us/dnasp/htm
> l/asptutorial.asp
> The culprit is in the 3rd gray region from the bottom of the initial topic
> page.
> Alternatives? It appears the <tt> tag still works. Also, using a font face
> of Courier or Courier New might be a valid option. It all depends on your
> users' needs and configurations.
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