Thanks Michael (and Chris T, Chris L, Andrew M, etc.) for explaining this.
> The style for P.before.figure could suppress the trailing line break and the
> style for P.after.figure could suppress the leading line break and top margin.
> This would give something like:
>
> In 1863 Abraham Lincoln delivered an address on the
> battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He began
> this address with the +-----------------------+
> now-famous phrase "Four | |
> score and seven years | |
> ago, our forefathers | |
> brought forth on this | |
> continent a new nation" | |
> +-----------------------+
>
> This would require the browser to remember where it was formatting text before
> it encountered the figure in order to join the lines properly, but that
> shouldn't be hard.
This is exactly the sort of effect I am looking for. Now that I
understand why a <fig> breaks a paragraph, I'd support a style sheet
mechanism for lining a <fig> up with the paragraphs around it.
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