[thelist] character encoding tip PS

[Emma Jane Hogbin]

I forgot the < & > encodings...

<tip author="emmajane" topic="entity encodings">In HTML/XHTML all 
(and I really do mean all) & < and > must be encoded. (This 
means your URLs too.) Sometimes I have a hard time remembering 
which is the less-than and which is the greater-than. You too, eh? 
Well fear not. I have a little trick for you. Put out your hands 
(palms pointing away from your body) and make Ls with your pointer 
fingers and thumbs (one L per hand). Now turn your hands slightly 
so that the pointer fingers are pointing at each other. Now you have
two angle brackets. Your Left hand makes a capital L and is conveniently 
also the Less-than (lt) sign.

You can encode your amps and angle brackets with:
&amp; makes &
&lt; makes <
&gt; makes >
</tip>


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Emma Jane Hogbin
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