[vox-tech] html question: comments

Chris McKenzie vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:04:57 -0700 (PDT)


I think it is (everyone *gasp* in amazement) an engine that is not fully
compliant.  Probably a stray and pointless < on line 14 before the -->
will make it be quiet.

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> for the multi-line comment:
>
> <!--
>    snow:     #FFFAFA   255 250 250
>    orange:   #FFA500   255 165 0
>    green:    #00FF00   0 255 0
>    blue:     #0000FF   0 0 255
> -->
>
> weblint reprots:
>
>    index.html(14): metacharacter ">" should be represented as "&gt;"
>
> line 14 is the last line of the comment.  the "-->" by itself.  i looked
> at the 4.01 standard:
>
>    http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.4
>
> and can't find anything wrong with this comment.   what exactly is
> weblint complaining about?  it doesn't complain about anything else on
> the page.
>
> pete
>
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Sincerely,
	Christopher J. McKenzie

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