24 Dec
2008
24 Dec
'08
6:51 p.m.
SORRY
<pre> , </pre> are fun.
Is there an inconsistency with whether a browser will display special
chatacters within a <pre> block? Do some browsers display them literally,
while others apply the <pre> ONLY to whitespace and line breaks?
I have seen at least one browser where I could get away with:
<pre>
x = <
if (x < y) . . .
</pre>
FORGET ALL OF THAT.
It appears that modern/current (less than 15 years old?) browsers do NOT
permit '<', '>', or even "<" within <pre>
blocks, and require
"escape"ing certain characters and phrases. You can NOT simply slap tags
around a chunk of text to quote it.
I don't remember which browser I had encountered that in, but it's not
around any more, and not compliant with current specs.