Space after line break in paragraph

Question

I\'m displaying programming content on my HTML page using light yellow boxes, similar to this page. To make a yellow box, I use a

tag with a special class

Answer 1

Don't use a paragraph for that; use a pre:

<pre>first line
second line; next line will be blank

fourth line</pre>

Answer 2

Use the <pre> tag, like the example, instead of <br/>.

<pre>
    <span class="ruby-comment"># File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/url_helper.rb, line 324</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">def</span><span class="ruby-keyword ruby-title">button_to</span>(<span class="ruby-identifier">name</span>, <span class="ruby-identifier">options</span> = {}, <span class="ruby-identifier">html_options</span> = {}) <span class="ruby-identifier">html_options</span> = <span class="ruby-identifier">html_options</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">stringify_keys</span>

    ...

    <span class="ruby-node">&quot;#{tag(:form, form_options, true)}&lt;div&gt;#{method_tag}#{tag(&quot;input&quot;, html_options)}#{request_token_tag}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&quot;</span>.<span class="ruby-identifier">html_safe</span>
    <span class="ruby-keyword">end</span>
</pre>