They _were_ in the HTML spec, but have been deprecated in 4.0: "The deprecated WIDTH attribute of PRE tells the browser the expected line length of the preformatted block so that a suitable font size or margin can be used. Browsers ignore this attribute in practice."
Nice though - would have been useful. J. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Sergeant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 24 December 2001 2:02 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Forrest (a.k.a. xml.apache.org 2.0) > > > On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > > > > Is <pre> the only possibility for displaying source code? > > > > Well, we need a monospaced font or you can say goodbye to your nice > > indentation. And tell me how we can have xml and java examples without > > respected indentation. > > > > If you have suggestions, I'm wide open. > > FWIW, I use <pre width="80" cols="80"> on some sites. Seems to take care > of wrapping quite neatly, although I don't think those attributes are in > the HTML spec. > > -- > <!-- Matt --> > <:->Get a smart net</:-> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
