Re: <FIG> implies <P>?

Rainer Klute ([email protected])
Wed, 12 Jul 1995 09:34:50 +0200

>I've noticed with Arena, that using a <FIG> implies a <P>. Is this
>intentional?
>
>Example: I want to put a <FIG> in the middle of a paragraph, and have
>that paragraph wrap around the top, side and bottom of the <FIG>. So I do
>this:
>
><p>
>Typing, words, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. La dee
>dah, more content here, and now I will put
><FIG src="image.gif align=right>
><caption>The caption for my figure</caption></fig>
>a figure in the middle of my paragraph. This is some more content to my
>paragraph, and this ought to wrap around the top, side, and bottom of the
>figure.

According to the HTML 3 DTD a FIG element is not allowed inside a P
element and terminates the P when it occurs. Here's your example in
a normalize form (and please note that your notation of the FIG
element itself was not right:

<p>
Typing, words, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. La dee
dah, more content here, and now I will put</p>
<fig src="image.gif" align="right">
<caption>The caption for my figure</caption>
<figtext></figtext>
</fig>
<p>a figure in the middle of my paragraph. This is some more content to my
paragraph, and this ought to wrap around the top, side, and bottom of the
figure.</p>

Best regards
Rainer Klute

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