Re: The <PLAINTEXT> HTML tag: Good for ASCIIArt?
From RaD Man [ACiD Founder] <rad...@nospam.acid.org>
· alt.ascii-art
· 15 Apr 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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On 15 Apr 1998 11:52:08 GMT, ilt...@sci.fi (Ilmari Karonen) wrote: %fpr...@yahoo.com wrote: %: i like to use the <pre> tag, there is also the <code> tag, both from %: html 1 so everything should accept them. %: samples of both: (from your site, natch) % %: <pre> % [schnip] %: </pre> % %This one should be just fine. % %: <code> % [schnap] %: </code> % %Bzzt, wrong! I might have to dig out my HTML lecture again and post %it, but meanwhile here is how a browser would render that. Yes, it %will most likely be in a monospaced font, but all the whitespace will %still be collapsed: % %CODE: ___ |---| |_|_| | | | | | | | | | | |___| /_____\ |11:10| |_____| %|.....| |.....| \ ___ / | | | | | | | . | | . | | . | mga | . | | . | %| . | | . | | . | | | \ / % %Besides, if that's what you really want, the correct tag would be <TT>. %<CODE> is a semantic tag for marking up program code, and nothing else. % %Repeat after me: *The* *tag* *for* *ascii* *art* *is* *<PRE>!* % Ilmari you're right. I think this is something worthy of placing in the FAQ itself as it's quite useful information for newcomers to have. Does anyone else agree? -r- -- enq...@npvq.bet RaD Man % ACiD Productions Founder % Artpacks Archive Founder Words to live by: " It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons. "
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5c847fda093d87ec X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: rad...@nospam.acid.org (RaD Man [ACiD Founder]) Subject: Re: The <PLAINTEXT> HTML tag: Good for ASCIIArt? Date: 1998/04/15 Message-ID: <3534f64c.179793567@205.158.0.30>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 344389382 References: <353...@news.vossnet.net> <6h09up$o26$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6h2718$eja$2...@tron.sci.fi> Organization: ACiD Productions (http://www.acid.org) Reply-To: rad...@nospam.acid.org Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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