Recommendation for <xmp> or <listing>

Stephen Allen kru_tch-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Thu Mar 25 04:19:11 UTC 2004


On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:53:34PM -0500 or thereabouts, William Park wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 03:30:24PM -0500, Stephen Allen wrote:
> > > Clarification... I want reader to cut/paste code fragments both from
> > > rendered screen output and from the source file.
> > >     - If I use & < > escape sequences, then the source code is
> > >       mighty ugly.
> > >     - If I don't use the escape sequences, then it doesn't display
> > >       properly.
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, <xmp> and <listing> longer exist in HTML specs.  I was
> > > hoping if someone had come across a solution. :-)
> > 
> > The 'pre' tag should do this. (Preformatted)
> 
> No, markup tags are still interpreted inside <pre>...</pre>.  But, no
> choice, since <pre> is the only option here.

Right, never used tags inside <pre> </pre> before.

-- 
S.Allen

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