- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:18:51 +0000
- To: Brian MacLeod <bmacleod@fiber101.com>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 15:52 -0800, Brian MacLeod wrote:
> Assuming that non-characters could be small (as in my case where it was an
> out-of-range character encoding) or very large (e.g random bytes introduced
> in quantity), just show a small sample from the beginning of the problem
> area. Something like 6-8 bytes. The appropriate Validator output would
> then be:
>
> <valid UTF-8 characters>
>
> <initial 6-8 bytes or invalid material>
But then the validator output would not be valid.
> With an output like this, the ability to debug would be preserved without
> placing much burden on the Validator tool. In my case where the output line
> number bears no relationship to the source, I would have been able to
> pinpoint the problem in a heartbeat.
Well, the output line number does bear a relationship to the source. You
can always generate the markup from your script and examine that.
> PS I'm new to W3 discussions. Where do I find the "thread" and other
> discussion?
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-validator/
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David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk/>
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