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Re: Parameters in <img src> interpreted as entities

From: Vincent QUINT <Vincent.Quint@imag.fr>
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 11:26:09 +0200
Message-Id: <199705130926.LAA12685@lifou.inrialpes.fr>
To: Nick.Holloway@alfie.demon.co.uk (Nick Holloway)
cc: list-amaya@alfie.demon.co.uk
> If Amaya reads in the following HTML:
> 
>     <a href="/cgi-bin/program?x=1&y=1">Link</a>
>     <img src="/cgi-bin/program?x=1&y=1">
> 
> It doesn't complain about the link, but it does complain that "&y="
> is an invalid entity in the <img>.

Yes, Amaya complains because, according to RFC 1866, this is not correct
(refer to a previous message by Sami Lempinen). Amaya complains, but it
accepts "&y=" and saves it as is.

> Another interesting feature is that "&ft;" is turned into a ">" symbol,
> but I don't recognise that as a valid entity.

This is clearly a bug. It has been fixed. The next release will contain the
fix. Tanks for the bug report.

Vincent.

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