[html5] r5356 - [e] (0) mention that paragraph and line breaks can be marked up in different ways.

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Wed Aug 25 19:56:07 PDT 2010


Author: ianh
Date: 2010-08-25 19:56:05 -0700 (Wed, 25 Aug 2010)
New Revision: 5356

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) mention that paragraph and line breaks can be marked up in different ways.

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2010-08-26 01:56:53 UTC (rev 5355)
+++ complete.html	2010-08-26 02:56:05 UTC (rev 5356)
@@ -16503,6 +16503,12 @@
   </dl><p>The <code><a href=#the-p-element>p</a></code> element <a href=#represents>represents</a> a
   <a href=#paragraph>paragraph</a>.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>While paragraphs are usually represented in visual
+  media by blocks of text that are physically separated from adjacent
+  blocks through blank lines, a style sheet or user agent would be
+  equally justified in presenting paragraph breaks in a different
+  manner, for instance using inline pilcrows (¶).</p>
+
   <div class=example>
    <p>The following examples are conforming HTML fragments:</p>
    <pre><p>The little kitten gently seated himself on a piece of
@@ -19515,6 +19521,12 @@
   </dl><p>The <code><a href=#the-br-element>br</a></code> element <a href=#represents>represents</a> a line
   break.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>While line breaks are usually represented in visual
+  media by physically moving subsequent text to a new line, a style
+  sheet or user agent would be equally justified in causing line
+  breaks to be rendered in a different manner, for instance as green
+  dots, or as extra spacing.</p>
+
   <p><code><a href=#the-br-element>br</a></code> elements must be used only for line breaks that
   are actually part of the content, as in poems or addresses.</p>
 
@@ -95893,6 +95905,7 @@
   Ted Mielczarek,
   Terrence Wood,
   Thomas Broyer,
+  Thomas Koetter,
   Thomas O'Connor,
   Tim Altman,
   Tim Johansson,

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2010-08-26 01:56:53 UTC (rev 5355)
+++ index	2010-08-26 02:56:05 UTC (rev 5356)
@@ -16425,6 +16425,12 @@
   </dl><p>The <code><a href=#the-p-element>p</a></code> element <a href=#represents>represents</a> a
   <a href=#paragraph>paragraph</a>.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>While paragraphs are usually represented in visual
+  media by blocks of text that are physically separated from adjacent
+  blocks through blank lines, a style sheet or user agent would be
+  equally justified in presenting paragraph breaks in a different
+  manner, for instance using inline pilcrows (¶).</p>
+
   <div class=example>
    <p>The following examples are conforming HTML fragments:</p>
    <pre><p>The little kitten gently seated himself on a piece of
@@ -19437,6 +19443,12 @@
   </dl><p>The <code><a href=#the-br-element>br</a></code> element <a href=#represents>represents</a> a line
   break.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>While line breaks are usually represented in visual
+  media by physically moving subsequent text to a new line, a style
+  sheet or user agent would be equally justified in causing line
+  breaks to be rendered in a different manner, for instance as green
+  dots, or as extra spacing.</p>
+
   <p><code><a href=#the-br-element>br</a></code> elements must be used only for line breaks that
   are actually part of the content, as in poems or addresses.</p>
 
@@ -89128,6 +89140,7 @@
   Ted Mielczarek,
   Terrence Wood,
   Thomas Broyer,
+  Thomas Koetter,
   Thomas O'Connor,
   Tim Altman,
   Tim Johansson,

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2010-08-26 01:56:53 UTC (rev 5355)
+++ source	2010-08-26 02:56:05 UTC (rev 5356)
@@ -17467,6 +17467,12 @@
   <p>The <code>p</code> element <span>represents</span> a
   <span>paragraph</span>.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">While paragraphs are usually represented in visual
+  media by blocks of text that are physically separated from adjacent
+  blocks through blank lines, a style sheet or user agent would be
+  equally justified in presenting paragraph breaks in a different
+  manner, for instance using inline pilcrows (&#x00B6;).</p>
+
   <div class="example">
    <p>The following examples are conforming HTML fragments:</p>
    <pre><p>The little kitten gently seated himself on a piece of
@@ -20714,6 +20720,12 @@
   <p>The <code>br</code> element <span>represents</span> a line
   break.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">While line breaks are usually represented in visual
+  media by physically moving subsequent text to a new line, a style
+  sheet or user agent would be equally justified in causing line
+  breaks to be rendered in a different manner, for instance as green
+  dots, or as extra spacing.</p>
+
   <p><code>br</code> elements must be used only for line breaks that
   are actually part of the content, as in poems or addresses.</p>
 
@@ -109953,6 +109965,7 @@
   Ted Mielczarek,
   Terrence Wood,
   Thomas Broyer,
+  Thomas Koetter,
   Thomas O'Connor,
   Tim Altman,
   Tim Johansson,




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