Posted by pecan on 05/21/06 11:13

"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote in message
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> Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@centralva.net> scripsit:
>
> > In a document if your want to start a new line your create a new
> > paragraph, right?
>
> Nope.
>
> > Well, same in HTML
>
> Nope.
>
> > <p>first line: there are some messages</p>
> > <p>second line: another line</p>
>
> In addition to being semantically wrong (a line does not normally
constitute
> a paragraph), this causes more than desired, such as vertical spacing in
> graphic rendering.
>
> > If both are contextually in the same paragraph but your require the
> > second part to be on another line, happens in poetry a lot then BR
> > (break line)
> >
> > <p>first line: there are some messages<br><second line: another
> > line</p>
>
> It still isn't a paragraph. Using <div> would be more appropriate.
Moreover,
> it's somewhat more logical and potentially more useful (especially in
> styling) to wrap each line inside a <div> rather than use command-like
> markup like <br>. That is,
>
> <div>first line: there are some messages</div>
> <div>second line: another line</div>
>

Is there anything wrong with using <BR>? I use it a lot, since it gives a
different spacing to the </P><P>.

CM

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