Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 11:32:22AM +0100, Lee Willis wrote: > > > So what you've written there is a paragraph with no text in it > > > No, it's a paragraph containing a single space, which hence requires > > proper spacing as if it were a paragraph containing some "visible" text. > > I think not. Try this: [Snipped]
> Do you see enough space for three blank paragraphs in there? I don't. > Whitespace doesn't count at the start of a paragraph; otherwise, No because all the whitespace caused by the three paragraphs is folded into a single one ... > <p> and <p>hello > hello Whitespace caused by a paragraph tag <p> is the same conceptually as whitespace caused by spaces, tabs or newlines, hence the space immediately following a paragraph is folded away into /dev/null as it were. > would look different. That's why certain broken HTML generators insert > <p> </p> to make blank lines. That really is a paragraph with a > space in it. ^^ non-breaking I don't think I explained my last email very well so it may seem at odds. I've worried about this sort of thing a lot in the past (My final year project at Uni was a web-browser!) so I know in my head how it all works but exaplaining it ain't too easy especially when I'm rushing 'coz I'm at work and I have six-zillion other things to worry about!) Lee. -- I was doing object-oriented assembly at 1 year old ... For some reason my mom insists on calling it "Playing with blocks"
