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Posted by andrew on 06/11/07 00:53
On 2007-06-11, Beauregard T. Shagnasty <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:
[....]
> Do not use any flavor of <br> for line breaks, except
> perhaps in poetry.
>
><p>
> Listen my children and you shall hear<br>
> of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.<br>
> He got in his car, stepped on the gas<br>
> the seat fell out, and he skinned his knee.
></p>
Mind you I wrestled with poetry issues when I was publishing my
father's family history site and I settled on a styled pre element,
rather than multiple <br>. An
example can be seen half way down this page('Why are the waves rolling
...'):
http://www.strong-family.org/foster/chapter_5.html
Perfect for poetry with shorter lines, with longer lines you would
have to style the overflow.
Andrew
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http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/dapper.html
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