Re: typo in validation page from Philip TAYLOR [PC87S/O-XP] on 2002-11-29 (www-validator@w3.org from November 2002)

From: Philip TAYLOR [PC87S/O-XP] <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:26:39 +0000
To: "b.mauritsz" <info@makingthepages.nl>
CC: www-validator@w3.org
Message-ID: <3DE76B0F.89DF622D@Rhul.Ac.Uk>

"b.mauritsz" wrote:
> 
> LS,
> There is a small typo in the text when the validate is passed.
> &ld;&quot; and &gt;&quot; wil work better.
> 
> The document located at <URL:F:\c700\klanten_def\bc\index_k2.html> 
> was checked and found to be valid HTML 4.0 Transitional. This means 
> that the resource in question identified itself as &ldquo;HTML 4.0 
> Transitional&rdquo; and that we successfully performed a formal 
> validation using an SGML or XML Parser > (depending on the markup 
> language used).
> 
> Regards
> B.W.P.M, Mauritsz
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I don't think Terje /wanted/ to write "&ld;&quot;"
(or its matching right counterpart); he was using
&ldquo; (and friend) to indicate left (right) double
quotes, but it is a fact that by no means all browsers
will successfully render &ldquo; (and friend).

Philip Taylor, RHBNC

Received on Friday, 29 November 2002 08:26:53 UTC