Talk: WWW text

rkh...@ukc.ac.uk wrote:
: In article <3ka9mr$et...@gagme.wwa.com>, gg <g...@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu> wrote:
: >But what I want to know is how to make a multi line alternative, so we
: >can replace the pictures with cute ascii representations.

: Before your <img src="image.gif" ALT="Here's the ASCII alternative">, you 
: should put a <pre> which still permits the ASCII art (including almost 
: all punctuation and all spaces) to be reproduced the same.  Then after 
: the closing ">" you should put </pre> to return to normal HTML.

Yup, you need the <PRE> otherwise the spaces get condensed, unfortunately
not all HTML editors let you put images inside <PRE> markers. If you have
the command ALT=" at the end of the line and then start the text on the
next line it makes it easier to line up.


: Take a look (download the source if you like) at the following URL using a
: text browser or even the latest Netscape beta with image loading turned off:

I'm trying to set up similar things on my Home Page too! (see sig.)


: It contains a Figlet title and the image in my sig (except that I was 
: unable to use quotes (") so I made to with tildes (~)  --- I even tried using
: &#34; to get a quote but it just displayed &#34;  :^(  The only other 
: character I _know_ you can't use is the > symbol ).

AFAIK Lynx does not decode the 'Escape characters' that the graphical
browsers (Netscape, Mosaic, etc.) use to display the <, >, " and &
characters. My advice is avoid using all of these four characters when
putting ALT text in a Web page.

The " tells the browser that you have closed off the ALT tag, the < 
and > characters tell it that the anchor has closed or another one is
opening and the & character does something that has escaped me right now!


                                                   DR J

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