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author | Ville Skytt? <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2011-11-17 00:24:10 +0200 |
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committer | Ville Skytt? <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2011-11-17 00:24:10 +0200 |
commit | 08846cb9d4ccd970fd2cf31f2ce49889b889aa21 (patch) | |
tree | 3032d2f49d59301776c53f41b1df173cfd284e6c /htdocs/docs/errors.html | |
parent | 6377e3be3f55e279b1296c483790f429ed0b1318 (diff) | |
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Improve "NET-enabling start-tag requires SHORTTAG YES" warning explanation.
The behavior is not exclusive to strict doctypes nor HTML 4.01.
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diff --git a/htdocs/docs/errors.html b/htdocs/docs/errors.html index 21cb4b1..45b5dee 100755 --- a/htdocs/docs/errors.html +++ b/htdocs/docs/errors.html @@ -650,12 +650,12 @@ <dt id="ve-247">247: NET-enabling start-tag requires SHORTTAG YES</dt> <dd><div class="ve mid-247"> <p> - The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different ways, - depending on the DOCTYPE of the document. For HTML 4.01 Strict, the '/' - terminates the tag <FOO (with an implied '>'). However, since many - browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the presence of an HTML 4.01 Strict - DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure HTML documents and - reserve its use solely for those written in XHTML. + The sequence <FOO /> can be interpreted in at least two different + ways, depending on the DOCTYPE of the document. For HTML 4.01 and earlier, + the '/' terminates the tag <FOO (with an implied '>'). However, + since many browsers don't interpret it this way, even in the presence of + a "Strict" DOCTYPE, it is best to avoid it completely in pure HTML + documents and reserve its use solely for those written in XHTML. </p> </div> <p> |