Re: Understanding Tidy

This is from the HTML spec... <font> is an inline element while <ul> is a
block element.  You cannot wrap inline elements around block elements.
(SGML has nothing to HTML or XML, except to see where tagging concepts
started.)  The specs are available at http://www.w3.org/

Serge Knystautas
Loki Technologies
http://www.lokitech.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com>
To: <html-tidy@w3.org>
Cc: "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 12:06 PM
Subject: Understanding Tidy


> I find it confusing when Tidy tells me I cannot use (leaving out details):
>
> <FONT>
> <UL>
> <LI>
> <LI>
> </UL>
> <P>Whatever
> </FONT>
>
> Tidy wants to see a </FONT> before the <UL>.
> Is SGML/HTML really that restrictive?
> If so, I'd like to see the specs for this?
>
> In order to understand Tidy, it would help to learn where is the formal
> specification on how tags can be nested.
>
> Is this info in the HTML 4 spec? I cannot seem to find the info.
> Or do I have to look at the SGML Handbook to learn SGML's rules?
>
>

Received on Friday, 8 December 2000 12:35:20 UTC