On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:13:03PM -0400, Jorge Arellano Cid wrote:
a) unconditionally change the code so these pages work b) add a compile option (--pedantic-mode or --quirks-mode or whatever) to disable/enable these changes c) leave it the way it is
I personally prefer b, which gives everyone a choice. Choice is good.
We never take a) -- because of our policies, neither b) -- explained at http://ometer.com/features.html (available from our [Links] section) sometimes c) -- When we don't have time! :)
In a nutshell: we try to follow the standard, not to crash on bad pages, and ideally send a warning when facing bad HTML.
The new patch adds a new compile option: --enable-xhtml-dtd, which can be set to 'strict', 'transitional' or 'frameset'. Setting it to either of these configures the parser for that xhtml-dtd. I take it this is consistent in the current practice. Cheers//Frank -- WWWWW ________________________ ## o o\ / Frank de Lange \ }# \| / +46-734352015 \ \ `--| _/ <Hacker for Hire> \ `---' \ +31-640037120 / \ frank@unternet.org / `------------------------' [ "Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est." ]