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From: Gerfried Fuchs <usenet@pinguin.pte.at>
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Subject: Re: How to sort out an ASCII diagram. Boston Public Library floor
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* 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.

 So long!
Alfie
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