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I've been thinking
about the Burma Shave lines. I wasn't
surprised that they weren't broken up
because we've said from the beginning
that whitespace and linebreaks aren't
displayed by the browser…
…but the only way I can think of
to fix this is to put each one in
a block element like a paragraph.
Otherwise, how can you get the
browser to add linebreaks?
What if you had an element whose
only job was to give you a linebreak
when you needed one?
Wouldn't that be nice? You'd actually be able to make
the browser pay attention and insert some carriage
returns for a change.
Turns out there is an element, the
<br>
element, just
for that purpose. Here's how you use it:
<h2>
July 14, 2012
</h2>
<p>
I saw some Burma Shave style signs on the
side of the road today:
</p>
<blockquote>
Passing cars,
<br>
When you can't see,
<br>
May get you,
<br>
A glimpse,
<br>
Of eternity.
<br>
</blockquote>
<p>
I definitely won't be passing any cars.
</p>
Add
a <b
r> e
lemen
t to
any
line
Here
's th
e Ju
ly
when
you
want
to
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k th
e
14t
h sni
ppet
from
Tony
's pa
ge.
flow
and
inser
t a
“line
brea
k.”
