Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 3 Sep 1999.
displaying ascii art in HTML page?
alt.ascii-art
· 4 messages · 3 Sep 1999
m�spher (JT) wrote: > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > >Yun-Jung Jo wrote: > >> I've been looking at ascii art samples on the web and I've noticed that > >> they are enclosed either in <PRE> tag or <XMP> tag. > > > >You should not use <xmp> (it is deprecated). > ^^^^^^^^^^ > what's this mean? -------------^^^^ > It means "you shouldn't use it". :-) http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/conform.html#deprecated A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs. Deprecated elements are defined in the reference manual in appropriate locations, but are clearly marked as deprecated. Deprecated elements may become obsolete in future versions of HTML. > >> Just out of curiosity, are there any other HTML tags that are used to > >> display ascii art? > > > >Why would you want that? Isn't one tag enough for you? ASCII art is > >preformatted text, and <pre> is the html tag to use for that. > > would <tt> work? or is that old and outdated too? > No, <tt> won't work. At least not reliably. Sure, you'll get a monospaced font with <tt> but the text won't be "fixed" and may wrap if the window is too small. -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
Hi! I've been looking at ascii art samples on the web and I've noticed that they are enclosed either in <PRE> tag or <XMP> tag. Just out of curiosity, are there any other HTML tags that are used to display ascii art? Thank you. Yun. ----- Yun-Jung Jo yun...@utoronto.ca
Yun-Jung Jo wrote: > I've been looking at ascii art samples on the web and I've noticed that > they are enclosed either in <PRE> tag or <XMP> tag. You should not use <xmp> (it is deprecated). > Just out of curiosity, are there any other HTML tags that are used to > display ascii art? Why would you want that? Isn't one tag enough for you? ASCII art is preformatted text, and <pre> is the html tag to use for that. -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 20:53:06 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote in message <37D...@earthling.net>: >Yun-Jung Jo wrote: >> I've been looking at ascii art samples on the web and I've noticed that >> they are enclosed either in <PRE> tag or <XMP> tag. > >You should not use <xmp> (it is deprecated). ^^^^^^^^^^ what's this mean? -------------^^^^ >> Just out of curiosity, are there any other HTML tags that are used to >> display ascii art? > >Why would you want that? Isn't one tag enough for you? ASCII art is >preformatted text, and <pre> is the html tag to use for that. would <tt> work? or is that old and outdated too? -- Deputy JT (RMI Police Squad #666) ACC# 699550 PerSleaze #25 __.-, __.-, __.-, anty spamn adn sleaz (_.--' (_.--' (_.--' jt teh faked oen (bagde# io35s56j628wy) _ ahk _ _ rec.music.indrutreal deputy (_`--, (_`--, (_`--, '-' '-' '-' http://home.att.net/~jtasker/testube | http://www.mp3.com/mispher This week's eBay idiocy: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=152537257
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