[thelist] html dot syntax
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Mon Jul 30 22:18:28 CDT 2001
> Lately I've been seeing example html in posts to the list that has
> unfamiliar dot syntax...like:
>
> <.table
> <.tr>
> <.td>content<./td>
> <./tr>
> <./table>
>
> What is this? XML?
hi john
no, it's just people being considerate
there are some mail clients (not sure which ones) that will attempt to
render any actual html code in a plain text message
at least, this is the fear, so that's why people attempt to circumvent it
from happening
actually, i have also heard that it is only the < h t m l > tag that can
cause problems, and on a list like this, there's usually no point in being
rigorous and including it when giving a code snippet, most people will know
it should be there
any other html tags should be safe /au naturel/
i've been using outlook express 4, a truly wonky mail client, for several
years, and i've never noticed any pr^H^H^H
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