[Pmwiki-users] vspace paragraphs

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 10:36:10AM +1300, John Rankin wrote:
> On Friday, 5 November 2004 2:24 AM, Val Sharp <val at valsharp.co.uk> wrote:
> >So, even in 'standards mode', there's no risk of the
> ><p class='vspace'></p> solution not working ... it's just contrary to
> >the intended use of the element.
> >
> Dumb question coming...
> 
> Can we just change p to div? (And perhaps change 'vspace' to 'vspacer')

Only if we're reasonably certain that either (1) PmWiki won't generate
multiple <div class='vspacer'></div> tags in a row, or (2) the presence
of these multiple divs don't result in multiple whitespace.

In PmWiki 1, one of the advantages of <p></p> was that it didn't matter
how many of them there were--i.e., <p></p><p></p><p></p> still resulted in
only one paragraph space.  IIRC, some browsers had trouble with collapsing
multiple <div class='vspace'></div> segments together, which generated
more vertical space than intended.

PmWiki 2 *may* now be smart enough to make sure that multiple vspace's
aren't generated in a row, but I can't guarantee it at this point.
But changing to <div class='vspace'></div>, if it works, would certainly 
eliminate a lot of the "can we get rid of the extra <p> tag" comments.
(I don't know if it people would just switch to "can we get rid of the
extra <div> tag" instead, but it'd be more defensible.)

Pm