Re: [Tidy-dev] Accessibility checking in Tidy

> I plan to mock up a
> starting point for this based on the current accessibility code, and make
> the binaries available, so people can get a feel for it, before we get
> carried away.
>
Sounds good. We'll hold off on any changes to the code until we get a feel
from the list as to what would be most helpful.

We're still working on the text that describes each accessibility
warning/error. I'll post a couple of these to the list to see what you
think.

Chris



----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Teague" <terry_teague@users.sourceforge.net>
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Cc: <tidy-develop@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Tidy-dev] Accessibility checking in Tidy


> [Please note I have now removed Chris/Mike from the recipient lists since
> they both subscribe to the "tidy-develop" list - trying to cut down on the
> number of copies of mail I receive <grin>]
>
> At 4:34 PM -0500 11/6/01, Chris Ridpath wrote:
> >We can identify the priority level of the accessibility error in the
> >warning/error message if that would be helpful.
>
> >Our initial thought was that since you specified the error level on the
> >command line that you didn't need it for each error/warning message.
>
> Speaking for myself, that should be sufficient.
>
> >We're working on some explanation text for each warning/error and expect
it
> >to be done in 2 weeks.
> >
> >I'm not sure how this would be integrated with the program. Should we
have a
> >"verbose" mode where you get a about a paragraph of explanation for each
> >warning/error?
>
> I could see a future version of Tidy possibly giving the user more control
> over what gets displayed (e.g. identify the priority level of the
> accessibility error in the warning/error message; "verbose" mode, etc) - I
> would try to do that without introducing lots more new configuration
> options - maybe a more general solution to setting configuration variables
> (e.g. "--some-option {var1=setting1, var2=setting2}") would be something
> that would be useful in a library version of Tidy.
>
> As to solving the problem of "verbose" mode now, I would model it using
> what the current version of Tidy does for its summary. I plan to mock up a
> starting point for this based on the current accessibility code, and make
> the binaries available, so people can get a feel for it, before we get
> carried away.
>
> Regards, Terry
>
>
>
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