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Jeff North wrote:

> I hope you've wrapped your script within the CDATA element as this is
> a requirement for XHTML.

No, it is not.  It is a recommendation (and I do not mean W3C 
Recommandation, although that applies as well).
 
>>| function newNode(x,y,width,height) {
>>|   var node = document.createElement('div');
>>|   node.style.position='absolute';
>>|   node.style.left = xOffset+x;
> node.style.left = xOffset+x + "px";
>>|   node.style.top = yOffset+y;
> node.style.top = yOffset+y +"px";
>>|   node.style.width = width;
> node.style.width = width + "px";
>>|   node.style.height = height;
> node.style.height = height + "px";
>>|   return node;
>>| }

This script does not contain any `<' or `&'.  Therefore, it does not need to 
be declared CDATA.
 

PointedEars
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