- From: Walter Ian Kaye <boo@primenet.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 05:39:50 -0700
- To: www-html@www10.w3.org
>> From: "Alexander, Larry" <lalexander@acad.com> >> >> I have been creating Web pages using the netscape rules file in HoTMetaL >> Pro. Problems appear when I have pages with special entities. Each file >> begins with: >> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//Netscape Corp.//DTD HTML plus Tables//EN" >> "html-net.dtd" >> [ >> <!ENTITY pound CDATA ""> >> ]> >> >> When using NCSA Mosaic v2B4 everything looks fine. However, with Spry Air >> or Netscape, I see: >> >> ]> >> >> at the head of each page. >> >> Is HoTMetaL doing something illegal with the !ENTITY declaration? Paul Grosso wrote: >The document type declaration--including the optional 'internal subset' >(the part from [ to ] inclusive)--is valid SGML. [snip] >I also note, however, that the Public Identifier you show is not one >of the valid choices given in the HTML 2.0 spec. I think what HoTMetaL Pro *should* do is place the extra stuff in a comment, and leave the doctype as standard HTML. SoftQuad, can you hear me? :) -Walter # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Walter Ian Kaye: (602) 942-6390 FoxPro/Excel Programmer; Guitarist # # Correspond to: boo@primenet.com, boodlums@genie.com # # BinHex files: boo@primenet.com WWW: http://www.primenet.com/~boo/ # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
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