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From: joris bellenger <svzanten@xs4all.nl>
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Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> 
> * Veronica Karlsson <ascii_girl@hotmail.com> [2001-10-28 16:15]:
> > 1. You should use the <pre> tag (and no other tags).
> > 2. You should encode/escape "active" characters:
> >      Change all  &  to  &amp;  (including the semicolon)
> >      Change all  <  to  &lt;   (including the semicolon)
> 
>  Not to forget to change > to &gt; - yes, this is usually not needed,
> but it would be standard complient.  Browsers do still render them
> correctly if you just leave the > there - but it's not right anyway.

When I started in the ascii art business someone told me
to change " into &quote; too.
Don't tell me now I've done all that work for nothin'

joris

obascii: forget it!