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LYNX-DEV Re: formatting funny (<pre> in <li>)


From: Hiram Lester, Jr.
Subject: LYNX-DEV Re: formatting funny (<pre> in <li>)
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 02:20:10 -0500 (CDT)

On 15 May 1997, Dave Love wrote:

> This is with Lynx 2.7.1 (on an x86 GNU system).
> 
> <pre> elements in list items cause a spurious outdent of the following
> line.  (Sorry I don't have time to try to figure this out.)
> 
> Example HTML:
> 
> <html>
>   <head>
>     <title>foo</title>
>   </head>
>   <body>
>     <ul>
>       <li>a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
> a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
> <pre>
> foo bar
> </pre>
> a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
> a a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 
>     </ul>
>   </body>
> </html>
> 
> Example formatting:
> 
>                                                                             
> foo
> 
>      * a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
>        a a aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
> 
> foo bar
>    a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
>        aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a

Well, my first response to this was that PRE should not appear in an LI,
but I ran the document through a validator and it is valid HTML 3.2.  I
then verified by looking at the webified DTD that Webtechs has available,
and LI is indeed listed as a parent element for PRE.  Hmm...

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