>> >>"The <verbatim> tag works like <pre> with the addition that it also >>disables all wiki and HTML markup through the matching </verbatim>." >> >>But why this special tag? Is this not something the <pre> should do >>under all circumstances? When would you ever want wiki or HTML markup >>inside a <pre>? That contradicts the primary reason of existance for >>the <pre> tag. > >No, it doesn't. The pre tag preseves layout, but not other formatting. >It's valid and common to change fonts inside of a pre tag. >And I'm anal enough about my html to run an editor that does on-the-fly validation.
Thanks, I did not realize that. I believe I got <pre> mixed up with <xmp> (deprecated in HTML 4.0 and rightfully not supported by Fossil Wiki) So <verbatim> is more like the combination <nowiki><xmp>. I will start using <verbatim> _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
