Re: lynx-dev Unhiding links

[Mike Weller]

Yes,

"lynx -tagsoup file.html" worked for me.  I guess it's the
SortaSGML parser.

Thanks.


> 001226 mannix wrote:
> > On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 address@hidden wrote:
> >> using lynx2.8.4dev.15, if you have an HTML tag within an (a href=) 
> >> statement,
> >> the link becomes hidden: eg
> >>   <a href="clickme"><center>click me</center></a>
> >> It goes away if I remove the "<center>" and "</center>".
> > it is poor error recovery not to catch such instances,
> > though placing a CENTER tag inside an A[nchor] tag is both poor style
> > and disallowed by the HTML 4.01 spec.
> > I am more concerned that this behavior replicates
> > in cases where the nested HTML markup involves the FONT tag: eg
> >   <a href="some link"><font color="#000000">click me</font></a>
> > as this a common construct in "coloring" links
> > independently of the LINK attribute to the BODY tag.
> > Does the above example trigger a similar disappearing act?
> 
> using 2-8-3dev.8 with the tagsoup option, both the above show as links
> (i added them at to the example in today's other query):
> 
>    [1]____________________ [2]Confirm [3]
>    
>                                    click me
>                                        
>    [4]click me
> 
> References
> 
>    1. form field = text entry field
>    2. form field = submit button
>    3. file://localhost/home/purslow/tmp/clickme
>    4. file://localhost/home/purslow/tmp/somelink
> 
> note that the former centres the linkname correctly;
> both these (last two) link numbers & names are in boldface type;
> i don't have colors enabled & don't know how to do that.
> are either of you using tagsoup (see the Options Menu)?
> 
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