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Semantic = Everything in a list

Bob_Harris · 2010-02-04 14:13:17

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 * tags around each line. If you try to…

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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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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 )

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