Re[2]: HTML VALIDATION (?) PROGRAMS/SITES
by Christopher Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
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Sun, 27 Feb 2000 15:47:32 +1100 |
| To: |
Dick <r.schweiss(at)worldnet.att.net>,
HTML GUILD <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org> |
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cvnulame |
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At 18:33 26/02/00 -0800, Dick wrote:
>I used the "WEBLINT PEDANTIC" with Microshaft .. err soft .... settings for
>all evaluations.
WebLint is designed to pick up useless code, not incorrect code. This
seems contradictory, but look at the following example:
<P><.FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT><.FONT FACE="Courier"><FONT><.FONT
FACE="Times"><FONT>Hello<.FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT></P>
Does exactly the same, in a fewer number of bytes, as:
<P>Hello</P>
Both snippets of code validate, but one contains a lot of extra useless
information - or lint. WYSIWYG editors such as MS Word are notorious for
adding a multitude of such useless garbage.
Chris Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
Institute of Land and Food Resources
University of Melbourne http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au
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