Re: table summary attribute default from John Bray on 2004-08-01 (html-tidy@w3.org from July to September 2004)

From: John Bray <home@johnbray.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:40:32 +0100
To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Cc: html-tidy@w3.org
Message-Id: <1091378431.5895.13.camel@vicarage.johnbray.org.uk>

On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 17:20, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> Tidy does not require the summary attribute in any way. It points out if
> there is none, and explains why you might be interested to add one, it
> makes little sense to add summary attributes just to keep Tidy quiet.

My aim with all linting programs is to get them to run without warnings,
as otherwise you just have to filter the output to avoid being
distracted. The same logic applies for the IMG ALT tag, which is why I
hoped there was an equivalent option, or configuration item to stop the
message.

John

Received on Sunday, 1 August 2004 12:40:12 UTC