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Posted by Chris Hope on 05/27/06 00:23
ZeldorBlat wrote:
>
> Martin Jay wrote:
>> In message <b7898$447749c4$40cba7b4$6132@NAXS.COM>, Jonathan N.
>> Little <lws4art@centralva.net> writes
>> >ZeldorBlat wrote:
>> ><snip>
>> >> for that matter). So they have the concept of a "self-closing
>> >> tag," which is what the <br/> is.
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>> >Actually I believe the there should be a space *before* the closing
>> >part of tag <br /> and not <br/>
>>
>>
>> Yes there should.
>>
>> I didn't realise the original poster had left the space out: one of
>> the disadvantages of using a proportional spaced font I suppose. :(
>> --
>> Martin Jay
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> I don't think it matters:
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-starttags>
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> and an example without the space:
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.6>
It matters for backward compatibilty. Some older browsers or other
parsers may not realise <br/> is the same as <br> but are ok with
<br />
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