- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@ij.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 07:32:03 -0400
- To: www-validator@w3.org
David Dorward wrote: > On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 07:11:48AM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > > The validator didn't say the problem was on line 40 - it said the > > > error was on line 40, and it was. > > There was nothing I could have changed on line 40 to solve the problem. > So? The validator isn't an artificial intelligence, it can only > compare a given document to the rules. It can't tell that you forgot a > " character. > <div style="font: 1.1em/1.2 Arial;><img src=" is perfectly OK under > HTML DTD rules. It can only report on where you deviate from the > rules expressed in the DTD, it can't tell you when you've made a > mistake which isn't (and couldn't be) expressed in the DTD. Seems to me it could respond more helpfully when an error is closely preceded by ="...>< or ="...> < I never use < or > except for tags. When I need to display them, I use < & >. I'm suprised the DTD doesn't prohibit < & > for any use except tagging. -- "Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
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