Re: xhtml+javascript. bug?

From: Liam Quinn (liam@htmlhelp.com)
Date: Mon, Jun 11 2001

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    Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:55:11 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
    To: "Peter K. Sheerin" <pete@petesguide.com>
    cc: <www-validator@w3.org>
    Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0106111950580.24269-100000@server.htmlhelp.com>
    Subject: Re: xhtml+javascript. bug?
    
    On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Peter K. Sheerin wrote:
    
    > I had the same problem, but solved it using the combination of HTML and
    > Javascript comment tags, as in:
    >
    > <!--
    > js code
    > //-->
    >
    > Can you explain the difference between why each one of these methods works,
    > and if there are any problems with the one I used?
    
    An XHTML browser will ignore your JavaScript because it's commented out.
    
    > Do I *really* need to use the CDATA marking?
    
    Why not use external JavaScript files?
    
    -- 
    Liam Quinn