- From: Daniel W. Connolly <connolly@beach.w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 16:50:53 -0500
- To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
In message <199602261722.MAA07293@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, Paul Prescod wr ites: >At 09:40 AM 2/24/96 -0500, you wrote: >> >>A bunch of people have been asking for macros in HTML, ala cpp: >> >> #define copyStatement "Copyright (c) 1996, all rights reserved" > >>The other thing is that some folks want to be able to use expressions as >>attribute values. I thought about defining a new media type, say text/ehtml, >>where the lexical syntax of HTML is extended to include the lisp backquote >syntax: >> >> <h2>Section `,(set! counter (+ 1 counter))</h2> >> >> >>Anyway... just a few ideas I wanted to jot down before I forgot. > >How do these ideas fit in with your document [Toward a Formalism For >Communication On The Web] They clash like plaid on plaid. But some folks want/need it badly enough for it to happen. I think there's a time and place for turing-complete documents, but it's NOT in HTML. Hence the new media type: text/ehtml. Dan
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