Re: LYNX-DEV ALIGNment problem

[Christopher R. Maden]

[Hiram Lester]

> I know Fote has alrady commented and fixed the glitch, but I wanted
> to pick a small nit here.  The <hr> is actually what ends the <p> as
> far as the DTD is concerned.

Correct, and when authoring, the DTD is what should be followed.
However, given the large amount (90%, per Sturgeon) of crap out there,
Lynx shouldn't necessarily follow the DTD, but should follow common
sense.  Users may well enter

<p>bla blahb albh
<hr>
blah blahb labh

expecting that the rule will be in the middle of a paragraph.  I can't
imagine someone expecting a heading mid-paragraph, though.  (I'm sure
someone will prove me wrong.)

[More about editors snipped]

I have yet to see a good HTML editor that wasn't SGML-based; Claris's
is... non-Scottish, let's say; and NavGold is pretty bad, too.

-Chris
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