Re: Strict DOCTYPE should automatically clean

• From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
• Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:37:16 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
• To: Jelks Cabaniss <jelks@jelks.nu>
• cc: html-tidy@w3.org
• Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.10.9907071035140.-322769@hazel.hpl.hp.com>

On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Jelks Cabaniss wrote:

> Could Tidy be made to automatically "clean" (FONTs to CSS) if
> the Strict DOCTYPE is requested?  An HTML or XHTML Strict
> document can't have FONT tags according to the DTDs.

An interesting idea. Since people often use font tags in place
of headings, this isn't such a straightforward thing to do.
One idea would be to set the clean option automatically if the
strict doctype was requested.

Regards,

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