Re: why is Tidy changing my 4.0 code into 3.2?

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At 12:05 PM -0400 6/18/02, Malcolm Pateman wrote:
>I have a simple question re. Tidy (I'm using the Mac BBEdit plugin) ...
>
>my code is HTML 4.0, but Tidy makes it into 3.2. Can someone help me?
>
>Here is an example:
>
><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
>   "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
><HTML>
><HEAD>
> <TITLE>Testing 123</TITLE>
> <META NAME="generator" CONTENT="BBEdit 5.0">
></HEAD>
><BODY>
>blah blah blah
></BODY>
></HTML>

I reproduced your issue with the current (18 Jun 02) version of Tidy, but I
also checked the above sample with a Validator, and sorry but it does NOT
validate as 4.0 Strict, so Tidy changes the DOCTYPE to match the content :

-----
Line 9, column 0:

         blah blah blah
         ^

       Error: text is not allowed here; try wrapping the text in a more
descriptive container

       Line 10, column 6:

         </BODY>
               ^

       Error: missing a required sub-element of "BODY"

Sorry, this document does not validate as HTML 4.0 Strict.
-----

If you have sample HTML that validates as 4.0, and Tidy is changing the
DOCTYPE to 3.2, then let us know. There have been a number of DOCTYPE
related bugs that have been fixed since the last official release of Tidy
on 04 Aug 00 (and BBTidy).

Regards, Terry