On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:42:29 +0100, Lutz-Peter Hooge <lpv### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> > "The BR element forcibly breaks (ends) the current line of text."
> > But what it should do when there is a break by <BR> already ?
>
> But IMO breaking a line also creates a new (empty) line.

line _of text_ ?

> This is how it works everywere else, and the specification doesn't say 
> in HTML it should behave different.

I know only one popular markup language used to specify hierarchy of documents
so I can't compare. Putting one line break is important for text
hierarchy/meaning. Putting two line breaks is text formatting and text
formatting isn't part of document herarchy so no need to aware about formating
behaviour (It's just an idea of explanation - i'm also confused).

> And last: all browsers (at least those I have here) do interpret multiple 
> BR's as expected. IE does it too, except if inside a PRE block.

Yes, that's the hint it can be a bug. But we can't be sure. Anyway I again
suggest different line break handling. In particular simple "\n" is valid in
<pre> and even use less bits of transfer :-)

> So I hope it will now work correctly everywere.

"The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be
experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser
settings." :-(

> If you write <b></b><b/>word</b>, should the user agent render the first 
> B block (containing zero characters) bold, or just skip it? ;-)

No. The error should be delivered by mail to designer ;-)

ABX

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