Re: Converting Ansi art to Html pages?

On 20 Nov 1998 12:18:54 GMT, Andreas Bohne (_NO...@dkfz-heidelberg.de) wrote:
: In article <731glh$395$1...@tron.sci.fi>, ilt...@sci.fi says...
: ><PRE>
: >picture
: ></PRE>
: >
: >Don't forget to replace all "&" -characters in the picture with "&amp;"
: >and all "<" -characters with "&lt;".

: why so complicated? instead of using the <pre>-tag use the <xmp>-tag, because 
: than you do not have to replace any characters.

From the HTML 2.0 (yes, 2.0!) specification:
   Since CDATA declared content has a number of unfortunate interactions
   with processing techniques and tends to be used and implemented
   inconsistently, HTML documents should not contain XMP nor LISTING
   elements -- the PRE tag is more expressive and more consistently
   supported. 

Is this already in the FAQ? If not, a short remark like "<XMP>, <LISTING>,
and <PLAINTEXT> tags have been deprecated since HTML 2.0, and should not be
used. <TT>, <CODE>, and <KBD> tags cannot be used for ascii art. The only
tag that works properly is <PRE>." should be in order, IMHO.

-- 
Ilmari Karonen (ilt...@sci.fi) | Was at a bookstore today, [snip] and noticed
  http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/   | "Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 for Dummies"
Will fix broken HTML for food | . . . and thought "Yes".  -- Jeff Vinocur

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