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Posted to docs@httpd.apache.org by André Malo <nd...@perlig.de> on 2007/09/02 14:31:13 UTC
Re: svn commit: r571928 - /httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
* Graham Leggett wrote:
> rpluem@apache.org wrote:
> > + rpluem says: Without r571927 the documentation for mod_authn_dbd
> > fails + to build.
>
> I found that while trying to write the documentation, Firefox refused to
> parse the XML file at the start, complaining about the non
> breaking space sequence.
>
> Is valid in XML?
Given the proper Doctype, sure.
However, firefox refuses a lot. This does not mean it's not valid. The char
entity problem is well-known, but invalid (firefox only uses DTDs out of
the chrome scheme, for whatever reason). The doc build system incorporates
all HTML char entities and is the authoritative source whether a document
can be transformed or not.
nd
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Re: svn commit: r571928 - /httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
Posted by André Malo <nd...@perlig.de>.
* Graham Leggett wrote:
> André Malo wrote:
> >> Is valid in XML?
> >
> > Given the proper Doctype, sure.
> > However, firefox refuses a lot. This does not mean it's not valid. The
> > char entity problem is well-known, but invalid (firefox only uses DTDs
> > out of the chrome scheme, for whatever reason). The doc build system
> > incorporates all HTML char entities and is the authoritative source
> > whether a document can be transformed or not.
>
> The docs at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html imply
> that modern browsers should work and that an older browser might not,
> and when Firefox didn't my first thought was that the XML was at fault,
> and not Firefox.
>
> Is it possible to update this page to clarify that one should always
> rely on the reference transformation using Xalan+Xerces because
> concluding anything is broken? At the moment, emphasis is placed on
> Xalan+Xerces being used to prevent massive diffs only.
Rephrased the browser note a bit. Is it better now?
nd
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>> Shell-Escape ist ja noch klar, aber `Zusatzeinrichtung'?
> extension?
Feature. -- gefunden in de.org.ccc
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Re: svn commit: r571928 - /httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
Posted by André Malo <nd...@perlig.de>.
* Graham Leggett wrote:
> André Malo wrote:
> >> Is valid in XML?
> >
> > Given the proper Doctype, sure.
> > However, firefox refuses a lot. This does not mean it's not valid. The
> > char entity problem is well-known, but invalid (firefox only uses DTDs
> > out of the chrome scheme, for whatever reason). The doc build system
> > incorporates all HTML char entities and is the authoritative source
> > whether a document can be transformed or not.
>
> The docs at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html imply
> that modern browsers should work and that an older browser might not,
> and when Firefox didn't my first thought was that the XML was at fault,
> and not Firefox.
>
> Is it possible to update this page to clarify that one should always
> rely on the reference transformation using Xalan+Xerces because
> concluding anything is broken? At the moment, emphasis is placed on
> Xalan+Xerces being used to prevent massive diffs only.
Rephrased the browser note a bit. Is it better now?
nd
--
>>> Muschelflucht-Zusatzeinrichtung.
>> Shell-Escape ist ja noch klar, aber `Zusatzeinrichtung'?
> extension?
Feature. -- gefunden in de.org.ccc
Re: svn commit: r571928 - /httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
Posted by Graham Leggett <mi...@sharp.fm>.
André Malo wrote:
>> Is valid in XML?
>
> Given the proper Doctype, sure.
> However, firefox refuses a lot. This does not mean it's not valid. The char
> entity problem is well-known, but invalid (firefox only uses DTDs out of
> the chrome scheme, for whatever reason). The doc build system incorporates
> all HTML char entities and is the authoritative source whether a document
> can be transformed or not.
The docs at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html imply
that modern browsers should work and that an older browser might not,
and when Firefox didn't my first thought was that the XML was at fault,
and not Firefox.
Is it possible to update this page to clarify that one should always
rely on the reference transformation using Xalan+Xerces because
concluding anything is broken? At the moment, emphasis is placed on
Xalan+Xerces being used to prevent massive diffs only.
Regards,
Graham
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Re: svn commit: r571928 - /httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/STATUS
Posted by Graham Leggett <mi...@sharp.fm>.
André Malo wrote:
>> Is valid in XML?
>
> Given the proper Doctype, sure.
> However, firefox refuses a lot. This does not mean it's not valid. The char
> entity problem is well-known, but invalid (firefox only uses DTDs out of
> the chrome scheme, for whatever reason). The doc build system incorporates
> all HTML char entities and is the authoritative source whether a document
> can be transformed or not.
The docs at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/docsformat.html imply
that modern browsers should work and that an older browser might not,
and when Firefox didn't my first thought was that the XML was at fault,
and not Firefox.
Is it possible to update this page to clarify that one should always
rely on the reference transformation using Xalan+Xerces because
concluding anything is broken? At the moment, emphasis is placed on
Xalan+Xerces being used to prevent massive diffs only.
Regards,
Graham
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