Use <div> as a line break. Hell yeah!

boards/mdx_neboard.py

@@ -116,7 +116,7 b' class CodePattern(TextFormatter):'
 
 def render_reflink(tag_name, value, options, parent, context):
     if not REFLINK_PATTERN.match(value):
-        return u'>>%s' % value
+        return '>>%s' % value
 
     post_id = int(value)
 
@@ -124,21 +124,21 b' def render_reflink(tag_name, value, opti'
     if posts.exists():
         post = posts[0]
 
-        return u'<a href="%s">&gt;&gt;%s</a>' % (post.get_url(), post_id)
+        return '<a href="%s">&gt;&gt;%s</a>' % (post.get_url(), post_id)
     else:
-        return u'>>%s' % value
+        return '>>%s' % value
 
 
 def render_quote(tag_name, value, options, parent, context):
-    source = u''
+    source = ''
     if 'source' in options:
         source = options['source']
 
-    result = u''
+    result = ''
     if source:
-        result = u'<div class="multiquote"><div class="quote-header">%s</div><div class="quote-text">%s</div></div>' % (source, value)
+        result = '<div class="multiquote"><div class="quote-header">%s</div><div class="quote-text">%s</div></div>' % (source, value)
     else:
-        result = u'<div class="multiquote"><div class="quote-text">%s</div></div>' % value
+        result = '<div class="multiquote"><div class="quote-text">%s</div></div>' % value
 
     return result
 
@@ -152,7 +152,9 b' def preparse_text(text):'
 
 
 def bbcode_extended(markup):
-    parser = bbcode.Parser()
+    # The newline hack is added because br's margin does not work in all
+    # browsers except firefox, when the div's does.
+    parser = bbcode.Parser(newline='<div class="br"></div>')
     parser.add_formatter('post', render_reflink, strip=True)
     parser.add_formatter('quote', render_quote, strip=True)
     parser.add_simple_formatter('comment',

boards/static/css/md/base_page.css

@@ -101,15 +101,11 b' body {'
     visibility: hidden;
 }
 
-p {
+p, .br {
     margin-top: .5em;
     margin-bottom: .5em;
 }
 
-br {
-    line-height: 150%;
-}
-
 .post-form-w {
     background: #333344;
     border-top: solid 1px #888;