- From: Stephanos Piperoglou <spip@hol.gr>
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 01:17:57 +0300 (EET DST)
- To: Sunil Mishra <smishra@cc.gatech.edu>
- cc: www-html@w3.org
On Sun, 22 Sep 1996, Sunil Mishra wrote:
> \\ <P><FONT>Hello There</P>
>
> In this case, the HTML is broken. I believe you have the option of either
> ignoring the </p> and look for a </font>, or closing the <font> right
> there. The latter would be the most prudent thing to do. I don't think
> there is a "correct" answer for error recovery.
Well, since phrase markup is not allowed to cross block elements the
assumption would be that the author intended to close the FONT tag. So I
think a browser that would like to cover author's tracks should end the FONT
right there with the /P.
--
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Stephanos Piperoglou <*> http://users.hol.gr/~spip/
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