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lynx-dev tagsoup (was dev8 bug)
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Philip Webb |
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lynx-dev tagsoup (was dev8 bug) |
Date: |
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 01:13:57 -0500 (EST) |
981205 Larry Virden & I solved a problem using -tagsoup :
> re http://www.heise.de/newsticker/ :
LV> one pecularity I see on that page with lynx 2.8.2rel8 is
> that link 2 on the page is numbered (I use numbered links)
> but I cannot get to it by moving the cursor.
PW> i have no problem reading the stories with 2-8-1rel.1
> i use -tagsoup , which solved a similar problem recently: have you tried it?
LV> Yes - I just did check and saw the same problem.
> Here's theline of html that's causing the problem:
> <TD><A
> HREF="http://www.heise.de/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.heise.de/newsticker/start/29093/BottomLeft/HE50----35-1--1/Zaehler.gif/3133342e3234332e35302e3730"
> target="_top"><IMG
> SRC="http://www.heise.de/RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.ads/www.heise.de/newsticker/start/29093/BottomLeft/HE50----35-1--1/Zaehler.gif/3133342e3234332e35302e3730"
> WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1 ALT="" border=0></A></TD>
> If the ALT="" is changed to ALT="X", the link becomes selectable.
> The problem is that it's an HREF, which has no text or displayable image
> so lynx has nothing to put there.
is there not a case for making -tagsoup the default,
with a switch -notagsoup for those who want it?
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