xmp alternative

Hi,
I'm hoping someone will know if there is a replacement for the deprecated
xmp tag. I have a situation in which I use the same XML document to produce
HTML and PDF. These
are technical documents and often need to show samples of XML. Using <
and > is
unfortunately impractical in this case and would require transformation for
the PDF documents since < in a PDF document would display as &lt (not
what is intended).

Does any one have any ideas how I might solve this problem without using a
deprecated
tag?

thanks in advance,
-- dave

"news.qwest.net" <dknox (AT) esotericsystems (DOT) com> wrote:

I'm hoping someone will know if there is a replacement for the
deprecated xmp tag.

It was obsoleted in 1995 and later completely removed from HTML
specifications, so "deprecated" is an euphemism here.

The replacement is the same as in 1995, the <pre> element.

I have a situation in which I use the same XML
document to produce HTML and PDF. These
are technical documents and often need to show samples of XML. Using
&lt; and > is
unfortunately impractical

Wait a minute... you say you are using XML and some conversion or
transformation tools, and cannot handle a simple conversion of "<"
characters?

would require
transformation for the PDF documents since &lt; in a PDF document
would display as &lt (not what is intended).

Why would the conversion to PDF be affected by what you do in the
conversion to HTML?

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news.qwest.net wrote:

I'm hoping someone will know if there is a replacement for the deprecated
xmp tag. I have a situation in which I use the same XML document to produce
HTML and PDF. These
are technical documents and often need to show samples of XML. Using &lt;
and > is
unfortunately impractical

Well, unfortunately that is what is *required* both in recent versions of
HTML and in XML.

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