A bit off topic - SGML

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Unfortunately SGML does not use the same syntax as html in this context, 
and colspan does not work.
On 22 May 2002 at 16:11, David Kramer wrote:

> On Wed, 22 May 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 
> > I've got a simple sgml (not html) question,
> > I have a table with a title and headings, 3 columns each. No problem. I 
> > want to insert subcategories within the table:
> > What I would like to do is to have the subcategory row entry SPAN the 3 
> > columns.
> > 
> > <row>
> > <entry>col1</entry>
> > <entry>col2</entry>
> > <entry>col3</entry>
> > </row>
> > <row>
> > <entry>New categorty</entry>
> > </row>
> > <row>
> > <entry>col1</entry>
> > <entry>col2</entry>
> > <entry>col3</entry>
> > </row>
> 
> In HTML, the attribute you would want is COLSPAN, as in
> <TD COLSPAN=3> bla </TD>
> 
> Dunno if that helps.
> 
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