[Bug 12400] Inconsistent treatment of combining characters beginning text run

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12400

--- Comment #13 from Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org> ---
(In reply to comment #12)
> > If you want to have a change made to a particular spec, this bug is not the
> > place to do it.
> 
> It was Henri who suggested there was something wrong with the spec. I would
> like to see it implemented as it stands.

So then I guess what you should probably do is file bugs in the Mozilla,
Chrome, and WebKit bug trackers at least.

> > The fact that browsers don't implement it well is the reason the validator
> > is emitting a warning. The warning is there to let users know that something
> > they might be think will work correctly actually might not work as they
> > expect.
> 
> I see. In that case, perhaps the warning message can be made clearer.

Yeah, maybe so.

> > The reason I moved the bug to "resolved" is that in comments here you've
> > already heard from the maintainers of the validator, neither of whom is
> > planning to take any action on the bug.
> 
> Will you accept a patch to this effect (make it clearer that the warning is
> about current implementation in browsers)?

We'll review any patch submitted and if it's an improvement, it'll likely end
up getting checked in. But if you have some suggestion for improved wording,
you can  just post it here and we can see if Henri's agreeable to it and go
from there.

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Received on Saturday, 17 August 2013 13:03:54 UTC