- From: Philip Riebold <philip@livenet.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:41:26 +0000 (GMT)
- To: html-tidy <html-tidy@w3.org>
> Dan Kohn wrote: > > > + Finally, I think you should consider having an option for Tidy > > > to add a tag such as <meta name="Generator" content="HTML Tidy, > > > a free utility from Dave Raggett at the W3C, version 30th > > > November 1999" href="http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/">. > > > The point would be for anyone viewing the HTML source to say, > > > "Wow, I wish my source looked this nice!" and immediately know > > > what to do about it. Of course, you would want to allow people > > > to turn this off, but I would suggest that the default should be > > > on. > > Dave Raggett wrote: > > I would be interested in what other folk think of this idea. > > It would need to be modified slightly, since href is not an > > allowed attribute for meta. > > I approve! I think you should allow us the option to give you some > credit for your hard work. I *regularly* use HTML Tidy to clean up ugly > markup and it is one of my favorite tools (in its HTML-Kit incarnation, > particularly). A META tag wouldn't hurt anything and making it an > option should remove any possible objection. > > John Tobler I agree. HTML Tidy is my program of choice when working with HTML, both to keep my own code in order and make the appallingly markup produced by some other programs readable. A META tag would serve as a recognition of the work done on HTML Tidy and as a pointer to the program for people looking at the HTML source for a page. TTFN, Philip Riebold
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