Re: FW: BUG IN TIDY-GUI WITH AMPERSAND(&) from Dave Raggett on 2000-09-17 (html-tidy@w3.org from July to September 2000)

From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 15:37:53 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
To: "Oliver, David C" <OliverDC@navair.navy.mil>
cc: "'html-tidy@w3.org'" <html-tidy@w3.org>, "DaShiell, Jude T" <DashiellJT@navair.navy.mil>, "Tomasello, Jude" <IMCEAEX-_O=ORGANIZATION_OU=ORL_CN=TEAM+20ORLANDO_CN=STRICOM_CN=B60731B4-97CF87E>, gerald@w3.org
Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.10.10009171535120.-466805@hazel.hpl.hp.com>

The HTML specs require & to be escaped, e.g. as &amp; and browsers
already know how to deal with this. Tidy is doing the right thing to
make the document into valid HTML, however, Tidy does include a
means to prevent & from being escaped if you insist on this. Take
a look at the quote-ampersand option.

Regards,

-- Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett
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Received on Sunday, 17 September 2000 10:38:06 UTC