- From: Drake Wilson <drake@begriffli.ch>
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:41:46 -0600
- To: RICHARD SCHAFER <dougf1717@msn.com>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Quoth RICHARD SCHAFER <dougf1717@msn.com>, on 2007-02-18 13:48:46 -0700: > I have an invalid characters on lines x y z and w and this stops the > validation with NO indication of what lines x y z and w are. This could be improved, yes, but I can imagine it being tricky to implement and not very well-defined, unfortunately, for not much gain. (Not that I've looked at the validator source code; it may be easier than I'm thinking.) > I do not know how you interpret what a line constitutes of? Is it > from tag to end tag? or does it include all of the blank lines, or > spacing, that I used to make the code more readable? A line is a line of text, from one line delimiter sequence (or beginning of file, or end of file) to the next. Line delimiter sequences are usually a single LF character in Unix style, or CR LF in Internet protocol style; I think in Unicode it's possible to have various other combinations as well, but those are rarely used. The fact that you have confusion as to what constitutes a line in the first place may cast some doubt on the rest of your post. > Now I can go right to line 18 in my HTML code and fix it I know, too > simple and too user friendly. Primarily I'm wondering whether your flaming attitude is really necessary. I would suggest toning it down somewhat. A reasonable text editor will permit you to ask it to show you line N of file X without any problem. I agree that the error message could be improved, but I wouldn't consider it a major problem, especially in light of the fact that invalid characters mean that the text itself is malformed. ---> Drake Wilson
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