Glenn McCorkle wrote:
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> Now, wouldn't it be great if that "<fully-preserve>" tag was real.
> And not just a figment of my imagination??? ;-)
Hi Glenn;
Perhaps this is a worthwhile thread to explore a bit.
I strongly resisted HTML (and still do) solely because it appeared to be
a method of transmitting textual information taking up almost twice the
bandwidth of ASCII with no ability to convey EXACTLY the same information.
In an attempt to preserve formatting (which is Holy to me), I have tried
the following:
<PRE> </PRE>
<TT> </TT>
<CODE> </CODE>
<HTML></HTML>
<HTML>    </HTML>
<HTML> </HTML>
In Netscape, which I must take as the standard no matter how much you
dislike it, only the first and last lines contain the required 4 blank spaces.
But we already know that <PRE> </PRE> is a real mess in other areas and there
is no exception here. It ADDS an LFCR sequence.
In Arachne, the first and last lines are as Netscape, but the #20 generates
spaces as well - in fact triplets ! And I can generate 3 more lines for a
total of 6 where Arachne will generate spaces by changing the ";" to a space
- I just discovered this recently to my displeasure. :(
I'm don't want to discuss the latter inappropriate behavior of Arachne -
it is being looked into I think.
It would be nice however, if someone on this list could come up with a
low overhead method of preserving formatting ON AN HTML PAGE as well as
this email does: Here<12"'"34\56>There
Here< "'" \ >There.
Was that a column to you ?
It was good for me. <G>
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