From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: [PATCH] export to various flavors of (X)HTML Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:54:02 +0800 Message-ID: <8738uh3co5.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <878v4elu5h.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87y5cdkiuj.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <20130423010019.GA65517@BigDog.local> <87sj2h3m3s.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <475CDC9A-99B6-4329-AD87-2D048C2B3E8D@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45326) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUXxF-0006zr-Tw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:47:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUXxD-0003S0-KG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:47:57 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:37313) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UUXxD-0003Rf-E1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:47:55 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UUXxB-0003WU-13 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:47:53 +0200 Received: from 114.250.120.240 ([114.250.120.240]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:47:53 +0200 Received: from eric by 114.250.120.240 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:47:53 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: Carsten Dominik Carsten Dominik writes: > On 23.4.2013, at 06:57, Samuel Wales wrote: > >> As a non-expert HTML user, I'd want whatever works on the most >> browsers, even old ones, as my audience is likely to include many who >> have old browsers in addition to many who have new ones, mobile ones, >> and accessibility-oriented browsers and extensions. >> >> Dunno if that helps at all. > > > This is a valid point. While I do not object to a way to select > an html flavor, the default should render correctly on as many > browsers as possible. > > - Carsten Yup, absolutely. Inasmuch as anything is certain with HTML, it seems fairly clear that self-closing tags will /render/ properly in HTML4, even if they don't validate, so maybe it doesn't matter. I'll have a think and see if I can't come up with a less hideous way of handling the tags. If I can't, maybe we can just leave it. E