- From: Alexander, Larry <lalexander@acad.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 95 08:31:44 PST
- To: www-html@www10.w3.org
>> 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. And then Walter wrote: >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? :) I couldn't agree more with Walter's assessment. If I remove the Netscape from the doctype, then I no longer have access in HoTMetaL Pro to the Netscape specific tags such as <CENTER>, etc. Since the browsers generally seem to ignore the doctype anyway, I could probably create my pages with the Netscape doctype so HoTMetaL uses the correct rules file, and then manually change the doctype to the standard default. Of course, I won't do this... but it is tempting... ;-) SoftQuad, are you listening? Larry
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