[spam HIGH * code span doesn't preserve space

[weakish]

Michel Fortin <michel.fortin <at> michelf.com> writes:


> 

> Le 2011-02-09 à 8:29, weakish a écrit :

> 

> > I think spaces should be preserved in code span,which maintains consistence

> > with code block.  For example, the following HTML code:

> > 

> >    <code>grep '    '</code> 

> 

> But no-break spaces are not spaces. Changing the content to no-break space

will help preserve the

> appearances, but it'll cause problem if you try to copy-paste the code.


I've not seen any problem when copy-pasting the code.  When I paste, I get
plain white space instead of literal ' '.  I'm using Firefox 3.6.13.


> You should try this CSS rule instead:

> 

> 	code {

> 		white-space: pre-wrap;

> 	}

>


I've considered using css.  The advantage is making generated HTML code cleaner.
(A lot of   looks ugly to me.)  The disadvantage is that browsers like w3m/lynx
don't support CSS.  And I think `white-space: pre` is better than `pre-wrap`, 
since `pre-wrap` is CSS3, and old browsers such as IE 6/7 don't support it.