Re: ox.html causes w3c xhtml validation

[Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com>]

>>>>> Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

    > Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
    >> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
    >> 
    >>> In my opinion, if it can't be fixed then the changes should be
    >>> removed. Surely, we cannot have an org-mode that knowingly
    >>> exports/publishes something that causes a validation error!
    >> 
    >> Looking at the error message, the fix might be very simple:
    >> 
    >> The most common cause of this error is unencoded ampersands in
    >> URLs as described by the WDG in "Ampersands in URLs".

    > Hmm, perhaps it is as simple as encoding the ampersand.  That
    > won't work with inline javascript, if I'm understanding correctly
    > the link I gave in my reply.  *But*, despite being embedded
    > javascript, the librejs magnet link happens within a comment, so I
    > suppose it really just comes down to how librejs treats it.
    > Poking around in librejs (525e3a5), it seems it is clever and will
    > s/&amp;/&/:

    >     // Match by link on first parameter (legacy) if
    > (licenses[key]["Magnet link"] === first.replace("&amp;","&") ||
    > licenses[key]["URL"] === first.replace("&amp;","&")) { return
    > [true, `Recognized license: "${licenses[key]['Name']}".`];

    > Colin, could you try exporting with the change below and see if
    > that resolves your validation issues?  It'd also be great if you
    > could check whether librejs is still happy after that change.

Ok, I'll try later today and report back.

Thanks again.

Best wishes,


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