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by pwhysall
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7/2/07 6:19:16 PM
7/2/07 6:19:43 PM
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New No, not "like any wordprocessor".
In direct contrast to "any wordprocessor", HTML is designed to be rendered differently according to the end-user's requirements.

You misunderstand what HTML is for.

ETA: Gah. CRC just said all that.

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Post #288,210
by Andrew Grygus
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7/2/07 9:06:50 PM
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New See above . . .
. . the print formatter for a markup word processor does exactly the same, interpreting the markup language to fit the end user's (or printer's) requirements.

And no do NOT misinterpret what html is for. Note that none of the pages I do stop the browser from doing all the adjusting that's appropriate - within the constraints of making a comprehensible page. Your resolution is 32,000 x 64,000 - my paragraphs will fill your screen edge to edge. You want a BIG type size - that'll work too.

You will never find one of those empty right margins in my work.

On the other hand, having worked with other markup languages, I find html a real struggle to make sure the browser can interpret the page in a comprehensible manner. A bit more attention to layout and whitespace would have done wonders.
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     Whatever happened to WordStar? - (lincoln) - (32) - July 2, 2007, 10:37:48 AM EDT
         I never liked it. - (Andrew Grygus) - (27) - July 2, 2007, 11:54:56 AM EDT
             Who ever said it was supposed to be a "text *formatter*"? -NT - (CRConrad) - (14) - July 2, 2007, 04:37:52 PM EDT
                 Because it is. - (Andrew Grygus) - (13) - July 2, 2007, 05:07:39 PM EDT
                     No it (HTML) is not; as you say, it is the browser that is. - (CRConrad) - (10) - July 2, 2007, 05:49:29 PM EDT
                         That's just nuts. - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - July 2, 2007, 09:39:11 PM EDT
                             Incorrect. - (pwhysall) - (8) - July 3, 2007, 01:34:37 AM EDT
                                 CSS sucks for table-like things, though. - (admin) - July 3, 2007, 09:26:51 AM EDT
                                 I think you're unfamiliar with the days . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (6) - July 3, 2007, 10:47:35 AM EDT
                                     Eye Sea Elle ARRRR Peedee. (new thread) - (folkert) - July 3, 2007, 11:04:09 AM EDT
                                     Jeez.. I think you just described - (Ashton) - July 3, 2007, 04:17:18 PM EDT
                                     SGML isn't a layout language. - (pwhysall) - (3) - July 4, 2007, 01:39:21 PM EDT
                                         Pretty cocky of you to think I wouldn't know any of those - (drewk) - (2) - July 4, 2007, 11:20:00 PM EDT
                                             Well, I've heard of the BBC Micro and Acorn . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 4, 2007, 11:42:19 PM EDT
                                                 mmm, marrowfat peas. - (pwhysall) - July 5, 2007, 10:35:16 AM EDT
                     No, not "like any wordprocessor". - (pwhysall) - (1) - July 2, 2007, 06:19:43 PM EDT
                         See above . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 2, 2007, 09:06:50 PM EDT
             Harrumphhhh - (Ashton) - (11) - July 2, 2007, 05:09:23 PM EDT
                 I can dis it all I want . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - July 2, 2007, 05:24:37 PM EDT
                     Unresolvable, of course - - (Ashton) - (9) - July 2, 2007, 05:31:38 PM EDT
                         Imagine using - (folkert) - July 2, 2007, 06:50:35 PM EDT
                         Crtl-F for forward, Ctrl-B for back . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - July 2, 2007, 08:22:17 PM EDT
                             upper case D to delete rest of line, lower case x to delete - (boxley) - (6) - July 2, 2007, 08:41:27 PM EDT
                                 Just further proof that using vi cripples the mind. - (Andrew Grygus) - July 2, 2007, 09:11:05 PM EDT
                                 "Electric Pen"? -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - July 3, 2007, 02:16:59 AM EDT
                                     I recall "Electric Pencil", but not "Pen" -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - July 3, 2007, 10:28:43 AM EDT
                                 Ah - got it! - (CRConrad) - (2) - July 3, 2007, 04:58:44 PM EDT
                                     close, it was pc-write, good list! -NT - (boxley) - July 3, 2007, 05:04:57 PM EDT
                                     I loved PC-Outline - (crazy) - July 3, 2007, 08:03:42 PM EDT
         It sucked. It deserved to die. -NT - (bepatient) - (3) - July 3, 2007, 11:49:50 AM EDT
             Any who were Real- (and fast-) *touch-typists* will demur - (Ashton) - (2) - July 3, 2007, 04:43:58 PM EDT
                 As a very fast touch typist - I still demur . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 3, 2007, 05:19:45 PM EDT
                     I do 70wpm on a good day... - (pwhysall) - July 4, 2007, 01:37:19 PM EDT

What?
85 ms