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Re: RS/RE quoted data proposal

From: William D. Lindsey <blindsey@bdmtech.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 09:25:08 -0600
Message-Id: <199609241525.JAA00383@blindsey.bdmtech.com>
To: lee@sq.com
Cc: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org 
lee@sq.com writes:

 > > 
 > > <P>"abcdefgh"<EM>"ijklmnopq"</EM></P>
 > 
 > The latter syntax is certainly not typist friendly.
 > What happens if you omit a quote?
 > 

Since it is SGML, you can check it with a validating parser.
In this example, nsgmls will report an error immediately 
after any one of the quotes you omit.

-Bill

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Received on Tuesday, 24 September 1996 11:26:02 EDT

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