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Subject: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Trapper Date: 22 Mar 01 - 04:36 PM Line BreaksHere's another attempt to explain line breaks when you want lyrics or whatever to appear on separate lines. You need to add these characters to the end of every line that you want to be separated from the following line. If you want a BLANK line between them, put TWO sets of these characters in a row. They look like this: <br>
In plain english,
For the advanced course, you can "CUT AND PASTE" the <br>, thereby saving yourself all that typing. To do that:
TRY IT! It's WAY easier than it sounds! - Al |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: MudGuard Date: 22 Mar 01 - 05:11 PM Maybe these are line-breaks for American beginners. If I press SHIFT-COMMA, I get a semicolon (;)on my German keyboard. And SHIFT-PERIOD will result in a colon (:). Btw, starting with XHTML 1.0, tags have to be lowercase, i.e. <BR> won't work anymore in a few years, so start using <br> right now! Yes - non-Americans are allowed on the Internet! ;-) MudGuard |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: mousethief Date: 22 Mar 01 - 05:27 PM Who let all these furners on our 'net? |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Dani Date: 22 Mar 01 - 05:41 PM Joe Offer will be glad you did this. I feel empowered! Thanks. |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Trapper Date: 22 Mar 01 - 05:46 PM Mudguard- Thanks for the clarification... I never imagined keyboards would be different. What are the keyboard combinations for your German keyboard for the Less Than (<) and Greater Than (>) symbols? How about anyone else? Are those keys in a different spot on YOUR keyboard? - Al |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Noreen Date: 22 Mar 01 - 06:00 PM I think Joe Offer would perhaps be more pleased if you read the relevant section in the FAQs that he spent a lot of time assembling and no-one seems to notice... (Not criticising you, Trapper, just wondering how to make the info more accessible or obvious). MudGuard, thanks for that info. I didn't know that. It's not in the FAQs, is it???? *nervous grin* Noreen |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: wysiwyg Date: 22 Mar 01 - 06:08 PM Beginners, Copy and paste the HTML tricks you learn how to use, into a word processor document. As they accumulate you will have lots of clever little things saved up. Then you just open your word processor window while you are a-Catting, and copy/paste into your posts. Some people even do their post-writing in that window to spell check it and then move it over to the posting window. After you have used these little templates for a bit, the logic of how HTML commands begins to seep into your mind and soon you are using it really WELL. Now me, I can't see worth sh*t, till I get new glasses, so I still make lots of boo-boos when I go beyond my templates. But it all comes in time. If you're new around here, also see THIS treasure trove of tips, tricks, and tales. The content changes from time to time, because it is still a new work in progress, so go see whassup if you have not looked lately! ~Susan |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: aussiebloke Date: 22 Mar 01 - 06:42 PM Nicely explained - always fun displaying html codes... <br><br> Give it a go - code virgins - it's as easy as Trapper makes it look, and if you think this is fun, read the FAQ for further and better particulars on using html coding here at mudcat, and mebbe elsewhere... <br><br> If you've never ever done any html coding never ever ever, the good old line break is a great place to start. Tell your friends that you:
How about it? You come here an unsuspecting folkie/muso type, and go away a html code geek. Ya gotta love this place. |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Stewie Date: 22 Mar 01 - 07:57 PM If you are using Word, you can make it even easier for yourself. The good Joe Offer taught me the following trick. If I can do it, anyone can.
1. In a Word document, type your song with appropriate line breaks as you would like them to appear. It's not nearly as complicated as it looks. Good luck. --Stewie.
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Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Joe Offer Date: 22 Mar 01 - 08:22 PM Joe Offer tried very hard to help Dani to understand how to make <br> line breaks. How could I have failed? Why is it that she listens to Aminal Al, and not to me? Oh, well, Al's a good man. I knew him before there was a Mudcat. As I recall, we first swapped Boy Scout songs in 1992. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: wysiwyg Date: 22 Mar 01 - 08:41 PM Joe, sometimes we newfolk just need to hear it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over till BAMMM! It sinks in! Or we need to hear it eight different ways from eight different people. Folk process, adult learning, alla da same same. ~S~ |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 22 Mar 01 - 08:42 PM Ok, I'm going to try one.
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Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 22 Mar 01 - 08:44 PM If at first you don't suceed, try again tomorrow. G'night. gnu |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Jon Freeman Date: 22 Mar 01 - 09:03 PM gnu, an easy way to make what you tried line up is to put <pre> at the start and </pre> at the end. Th stuff between the pre tags should line up as you typed it. You still need the line breaks. Jon
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Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Dani Date: 22 Mar 01 - 09:22 PM FAQ'S? We have them HERE? You're absolutely right, Joe, and I apologize. You are not unappreciated. You're a national treasure, and cute to boot. I'm just so busy, and so lazy, that until information is put right under my NOSE, and frequently, I don't see it. Ask my partner ;) Dani |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Trapper Date: 23 Mar 01 - 11:31 AM Jon-
<PRE> and <POST> tags are good for a whole block of text but if you want to space out individual spaces you can also do it with . You can put in an individual space between characters like this...
Space Break
... with the result looking like...
Space Break
You can also put multiple tags in to create the effect that gnu was looking for like this...
\__ __/<br>
With the end result looking like this....
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In fact, Gnu, you could "cut and paste" the code above into your "signature" area of your emails...
- Al
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Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: LR Mole Date: 23 Mar 01 - 11:43 AM Like this? |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: LR Mole Date: 23 Mar 01 - 11:44 AM HEY! |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: wysiwyg Date: 23 Mar 01 - 12:34 PM Dani, what did you think of my leaving that link there like that, to the FAQ? Did that work for you? I am trying to insert them where I spot new members. It's a good FAQ. So much easier than what we used to have to do to find out stuff-- and getting better every time it's adjusted. ~Susan |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 01 - 01:04 PM Wow. Thanks guys.
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Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 01 - 01:25 PM OK...this is a test of the gnu signature system. Happy gnu
\__ __/ Confused gnu
\__ __/ Surprised gnu
\__ __/ Wise gnu
\__ __/ Sad gnu
\__ __/ Well oiled gnu
\__ __/ Too oiled gnu
\__ __/ My apologies for taking up your time and space with this test. gnu |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 01 - 01:34 PM Last one - I promise
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\__ __/ Thanks again. gnu |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 01 - 01:37 PM Trapper... it's your fault. I am far too lazy to have found or attempted this on my own. Thanks.
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Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: gnu Date: 23 Mar 01 - 02:23 PM Asked Max if my graphic sig's were OK or a waste of cyberspace space. He replied yes, but that he wouldn't ask me not to use them. A rIIIght gentleman, 'ee is. I will not use them. Hey, space is space, man. It costs ! Thanks for the prompt reply Max. gnu |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: MudGuard Date: 23 Mar 01 - 02:23 PM Trapper, there is no <POST> tag in HTML. See for all available tags. On the German keyboard, the < is on the key to the left of the y key (which is in the place of your z key). On the same key is the > (reachable via shift). All letters except y and z are in the same place. Main reason the layout is different is the need for the umlauts (äÄöÖüÜ) which take 3 keys. There is also the need for the ß so most of the punctuation is in different places on the German keyboard and some characters reachable only with the Alt-Gr Key (like the pipe or the curly braces). MudGuard The < on the |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: Trapper Date: 23 Mar 01 - 02:29 PM Correct you are, Mudguard! What I MEANT was... </PRE> - Al |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: aussiebloke Date: 28 Mar 01 - 09:55 AM refresh |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: pattyClink Date: 28 Mar 01 - 03:57 PM There was a new poster from Jackson, who couldn't break lines without askin' til Aussie and Trapper kept on and kept after and now in line breaks she is baskin' |
Subject: RE: LINE BREAKS FOR... BEGINNERS From: aussiebloke Date: 28 Mar 01 - 08:51 PM all right - limericks and line breaks rule! Onya Pattie |
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