- From: erik <erik@inch.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:12:40 -0400
- To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
> Scripting features in HTML _is_ a topic for this list, and we > can learn how _not_ to do it by examining JavaScript What is needed in HTML is a way to allow arbitrary NON-SGML sections in a document.....(embedded perl...embedded java...etc.). This way we can stop the threat of w3's obsolescence. The META tag fits into SGML....which is why no one writes macro languages around it. ------------------------------- <H2>My flashy macro thing page <P> <SECTION NAME=* TYPE=txt/x-funk SEPARATOR="!!!!nonsgml!!!!!"> %my(funcky, macro) !!!!nonsgml!!!!! <SECTION NAME=* TYPE=txt/java> my(java, macro); </NOT-SGML> <P>Normal HTML resumes...sanity is resored. <P>If separator is not specified, the default delimiter is assumed to be a normal closing-tag. this style would be encouraged.....but of course some macro interpreters wouldn't be able to handle it. <P>A browser would pass the contents of the section to the interpreter unchanged. <P>Vendors will do stupid non-sgml things with this macro....but at least that way it will all be in one place!
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