- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 21:08:54 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi>
- Cc: whatwg@whatwg.org
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > 2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote: > > > > If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be > > > included e.g. in <script type=text/plain>...</script> but not in a > > > separate plain text file (included into the application > > > distribution, along with other files) referred to via <script > > > src=...></script>. This is a frustrating restriction and makes it > > > more difficult to maintain and customize application. If an external > > > plain text file could be used, the data content could be separately > > > managed (requiring knowledge only about the format used). > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by "application distribution". Why can't a > > text/plain file by included the same way an image/png file is > > included? > > It can be included as a file, but it cannot be used. I can't "read" it. > That is the point. I can use an <img> element referring to an image > file, but I cannot refer to a simple plain text file (or an XML file) in > an HTML document in a manner that lets me process its content in > scripting. I can only include it via <iframe> or <object>, but that's > different from accessing its content. I don't understand why XHR doesn't work for you. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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