Re: LYNX-DEV Re: <pre></pre> <Hx></Hx> BUG

[Philip Webb]

980405 Jan Hlavacek wrote: 
> Lynx assumes you forgot the </PRE> tag and inserts one for you.
> If it did anything else, somebody would start complaining
> that if they forget one </PRE> tag,
> the rest of their page is going to look like a garbage,
> and that lynx should deal with it...

amid all the speechifying, there is a perfectly good question:
what should Lynx do if it encounters some other tag within  <PRE>...</PRE> ?
currently, it says: "Oops! you forgot the  </PRE> !" & creates  </PRE> ,
but since omission of  </PRE>  is a really bad anti-HTML crime
-- since  <PRE>  blocks are supposed to override all other formatting -- ,
shouldn't Lynx say instead: "Oh dear! the author forgot he's inside  <PRE> ,
so i'd better ignore that tag on the assumption there's a  </PRE>  coming";
further refinement might lead to ignoring some tags,
while treating others -- eg  <A>  -- as indeed implying  </PRE> :
that could be discussed, but there's a genuine point of debate here,
which is currently being ignored.
 
>> Lynx "handles good roads but when it enounters a pot-hole,
>> it blows up and heads for the ditch"...
> Ever since 2.7.1, I have never had lynx crash on a page.
> It may display a pile of garbage, but it doesn't crash.  
 
how about: "Lynx holds the World speed record & always handles safely,
but its ride on bad roads can at times be very uncomfortable,
due to inadequate shock-absorbers" ?

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