- From: Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@GMX.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:02:54 +0100
- To: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- CC: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>, www-svg@w3.org
Chris Lilley wrote: > Actually, the hack of using a space before the trailing slash is only > needed when there are no attributes. Even the dumbest html 'parser' > doesn't think the element name includes a slash character if there are > attributes. Interesting, I read in the past that the <br /> syntax was indeed made to be supported by old Netscape browsers (4.x), but I don't remember about this attribute thingy. I tested, and indeed the <img src="s"/> form is well supported while the <br/> form isn't (ie. the tag is ignored). Good to know. Note I was amused to see numerous SVG files with a space before the trailing slashes, while I believe they are only required in XTHML, not in pure XML. Probably an old habit hard to discard. -- Philippe Lhoste -- (near) Paris -- France -- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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