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Re: &nbsp

At 06:12 AM 1/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>&nbsp is an escape for "" in html isn't it?
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>Matthias Grob wrote:
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>> what does "&nbsp" mean?
>> Does the guy type that in or is it some code incompatibility thing?
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Nope.  It is a non-breaking space.
If not used properly, the &nbsp can come through uninterpretted.
Quite often HTML escape codes need to be terminated with a semi-colon.
For example, &nbspHello would appear just like that.  It should be
coded as  Hello.
&quot is the " character.