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Semantic = Everything in a list

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  • 04-02-2010 3:13pm
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    Bob_Harris
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    http://xhtml.com/en/xhtml/reference/pre/

    To be honest I'm a bit baffled by the suggestion that using a list to represent source code is more semantically correct than using the pre tag.

    Sure, you often see source code with line numbers, but I think it's going a bit far to throw it <li> tags around each line.

    If you try to copy and paste the code into notepad you lose the formatting (tabs) and get line numbers beside the code making it worthless.

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    ron_darrell
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    Personally, I find the pre tag a nightmare to use on a xhtml site. If I was displaying code I'd either use (as you've suggested) a list or a textarea (which makes it easier to copy & paste, keeps your formatting and also means that (especially for very long code segments) that the overall look of the page is not interfered with - no dancing below the fold :) )

    RD


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