Re: HTML's SUP

[Richard Torrens (lists)]

In article <6867f785-ecfc-4839-aaf2-fa02655d1...@powys.org>,
   Tim Powys-Lybbe  wrote:
> Ah, that suggests that SUP works correctly within CSS but not within
> old-fashioned simple HTML, which is what I use.

No, they both work fine. See attached html version plus screenshot.

If they are not the same something must be different on your setup. Or
maybe the effect is less than you expect?

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Re: HTML's SUP

[Tim Powys-Lybbe]

> On 27 May 2017, at 5:01 pm, Tim Hill  wrote:
> 
> In article <5642c25e44ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>, cj
>  wrote:
>> In article , Tim
>>   Powys-Lybbe  wrote:
>>> Hi,
> 
>>> I've just found that the SUP HTML command does not superimpose in
>>> Netsurf 3.3, so I got the latest versio, 3.6, nor in that, finally I
>>> read the advice and got last night's 4088 build and it still didn't,
>>> so I wonder if this is something that I have not read about.  Is
>>>  not a recognised modern feature?
> 
>> I have a feeling that SUP (and SUB) have never been implemented. I had
>> a lot of trouble when making chemistry related web pages years ago.
> 
> I find that both  and a defined CSS class ("super") both render
> superscripts correctly in 3.7 #4085.
> 
> www.timil.com/temp/superscript.htm


Ah, that suggests that SUP works correctly within CSS but not within 
old-fashioned simple HTML, which is what I use.

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