why do i need an HTML < br > to seperate lines of text?

[p0sitr0nic]

why do i need an HTML < br > to seperate lines of text?
If i dont use one for each line break, it just mangles my posts into one constant stream of continuous text.
Isnt there a way to fix this?

 

[p0sitr0nic]

ANyone? Its kinda annoying...

 

[Montagar]

What browser and version are you using?

 

[p0sitr0nic]

IE 6.0
Cant go higher, unfortunately, Im still stuck on Windows ME, due to hardware issues. (IE my comp is old)


This is the only board i have this issue on tho.

 

[Montagar]

A few things to try,

1) Does it happen with all three of the skins (Default, Star Wars, Jedi Knights)?

2) What does your post look like if you click the "Switch Editor Mode" button?

3) I personally use Firefox, any chance you can install Firefox 2.0.0.16 (version 3 doesn't run on ME) and give it a try?
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-2.0.0.16&os=win&lang=af

 

[8 perf]

If I'm not mistaken, this goes back to old school programming. the "BR" stands for "break" and is/ was supposed to emulate the hard "carriage return" on an old school typewriter or keypunch machine.

 

[Treadwell]

Puzzling, I don't have this problem.


The gap above was made by simply hitting "enter".

Do let us know how you come along on this...

 

[Clutch]

I'm using IE 6 right now typing in the fast reply box and all I do is hit <enter>
to go to the next line or <enter> twice

to skip a line.

 

[8 perf]

Hmm. I am on a Mac running Safari and I don't have to hit enter or return at all to go to the next line. it just wraps around when it gets to the end of the line. I can hit enter to skip a line though.
I also notice that at the very bottom of the posting window there is a box that says what rules are active for this forum. In mine, it says HTML is Off. Not sure what that means or if its relevant.

 

[p0sitr0nic]

I dunno what it is. Like i said, this is the only board where this happens to me.
Kinda a pain.
Ill try the other skins.. im on the STar Wars one right now.

 

[p0sitr0nic]

Ok, testing on another skin.


wee...

{edit} works just fine on the Jedi skin.

(more testing)

OK, I think it was something in the posting settings, which i changed when I was looking at the skins. I had to set it to a less advanced posting setting.

Its working on the SW skin now too.