why is this html looks like this?

[Steven Stern]

On 01/04/2011 02:50 PM, S Mathias wrote:
> soruce code of the html file:
> http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6448/sourcey.png
> it looks like this in the realiy:
> http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6448/sourcey.png
> 
> WHY? 
> 
> if i put it in "< pre >", then it's good.
> but if it isn't in "< pre >" then the lines ends are random. why dont they end in the same vertical line?
> 
> thank you, and sorry for askin html...i just can't figure it out :(
> 
> 
>       

the PRE tag forces a fixed pitch font with a wrap at the end of line.
Without the PRE tag, the font defaults to the browser default (probably
serif) and it wraps to fit the browser width.

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-- Steve