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Posted by Harlan Messinger on 08/30/07 18:20
Art wrote:
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> To clarify, the results for Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Seamonkey were
> observed on a Mac. IE6 was observed under W2K. However, I mistakenly
> transcribed the Seamonkey and Firefox results: Works on Seamonkey,
> yields a single space on FF.
>
> On IE6, the CR is ignored, the LF is sufficient.
>
> Opera ignores the LF and maps the CR to a space.
>
> Actually, encoding a LF/CR combination on Safari results in TWO line feeds.
>
> I saw the same title behavior with both <acronym> and <span>.
>
> Your results on Linux re-enforces my original statement - this encoding
> isn't universally recognized by all browsers for tool-tips.
>
> Thus, the LF/CR encoding with either <acronym> or <style> elements would
> satisfy the OP request if the browser and platforms can be limited.
AFAIK the LF + CR combination isn't the line separator on any operating
system. The combination you should be testing is CR + LF.
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