- From: Vincent Quint <vincent.quint@inria.fr>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:23:57 +0100
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- CC: pfb42 <pf.buonsante@gmail.com>, www-amaya@w3.org
Chaals, Francesco, I guess the issue of the moving <param> elements is fixed. See my comments on bug 9111: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9111 Thanks for spotting the issue. Vincent. On 21/02/10 20:45, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:12:17 +0100, pfb42 <pf.buonsante@gmail.com> wrote: >> No wait, there must be something wrong with the way you are visualizing >> my message. I'm posting from the web and, I guess, you're reading the >> mailing list through your email client. >> There must be a glitch somewhere, because some bits of my post disappear >> in the process. > > Yes... > > A simplified version: > > Amaya converts > > <applet...> > <param...> > Helpful content for non-java users > </applet> > > into > > <param...> > <applet...> > Helpful content for non-java users > </applet> > > Which is actually a pretty serious bug. > > Amaya uses an internal model of the document, rather than just the > source code, and it effectively throws away the original source code > when it generates its model. Which is why it converts entities and > changes source code layout - it generates source code to save the > document it has in its memory. > > This also explains why the source code editing is like a separate > document - in reality, it *is* a separate document, and they are > synchronised when you do certain things like move from one window to > another. > > Fixing this bug involves looking in the files where Amaya decides how > to parse things - if you're interested to try and fix it, have a look > at the developer's info on teh Website (warning, that could do with > some clarification, if anyone has spare time to donate). > > cheers > > Chaals > >> What you refer to as "blank lines" is not blank at all: it is a long >> list >> of parameters for the java applet. I have protected this markup as >> suggested >> in the relevant instruction set, by using the "raw" tag >> (http://old.nabble.com/help/Answer.jtp?id=41). >> Actually, I do see the whole markup, and no blank lines, in the relevant >> webpage >> >> http://old.nabble.com/automatic-replacement%3A-entities-and-applet-stuff-td27294237.html#a27615417 >> >> >> So what happens is, in a nutshell, that amaya moves all of the applet >> "parameter" >> tags above (outside) the opening "applet" tag. I think that this >> matters, >> and both explorer and firefox fail to show the applet correcty. >> If I open the html file using a text editor other than amaya and >> restore the original line order >> (the parameter lines _after_ the opening applet tag), everything works >> again.
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