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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Aug 1996.
Re: Ascii-art in HTML

Re: Ascii-art in HTML

Bob Curtis (b...@gate.net) wrote:
: Simone Demmel (nek...@greenie.muc.de) wrote:
: 
: > Try this and think about it:
: > <pre>
: > <a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3</a>
: > </\anytext\/>
: > <:-)>
: > </pre>
: > 
: > and now use:
: > <xmp> and </xmp> instead of <pre> and </pre>
: > So I would use <xmp> instead.
: 
: 'Scuse me? I've never heard of <xmp>. Just what's it's intended purpose?
: 
: Thanx.
<XMP> is just a harder form of <PRE> in sidea a XMP there can be no
instructions as XMP will cancel them out PRE lets command like
<a href=> work in side its area. Man purpose of <XMP> display text
out of htmls with out a problem Execpt is self and text that has
stuff in it that is html doc that does mean to be a html command.

pcdolding
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From: pdo...@metz.une.edu.au (CRYLUX)
Subject: Re: Ascii-art in HTML
Date: 1996/08/05
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