Re: weblint -x Netscape...

Yes, I also use nsgmls and do a little bit of checking on the DOCTYPE. If
there's no doctype, HTML 4.0 transitional is assumed. Then I run Weblint over
the same file, and finally bung in a link to the KGV page.

It's better than nothing, but it's bog rough compared with the W3 validator.

I'm still waiting for the intranet-installable version... 8^)

Rgds
Peter

Terje Bless wrote:

> On 15.10.99 at 15:18, Peter Littlechild <peter.littlechild@swift.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I hope this is not too off-topic.....
>
> Depends on how you define "too". It's off-topic in that this isn't a
> weblint mailinglist. :-)
>
> >c:\system\htmldtds\tmp349091.htm(698): attribute `WIDTH' for <TD> is
> >extended markup (use "-x <extension>" to allow this).
> >
> >Erm, is it possible that WIDTH is *not* a Netscape/Microsoft supported
> >extension, or what am I doing wrong?
>
> It's a different extension. Read the weblint documentation to find out how
> to turn it off. You may also want to get the new weblint versions from
> <URL:http://www.weblint.org/>. While the new version is still in
> development, the old version is too restricted to be of much use today.
>
> You should also consider using a real validator instead of or in addition
> to weblint. While weblint can offer many good pointers, it isn't a full
> SGML validator and so can't tell you whether your HTML is valid. Weblint is
> more of a stylistic check to a validator's technical evaluation.

Received on Tuesday, 19 October 1999 09:30:11 UTC