Re: Bug: New HTML exporter incorrect attributes

[Vincent Beffara <vbeffara@ens-lyon.fr>]

> #+ATTR_HTML: :options "width=\"400px\""
> 
> This is heavier but will be consistent with other back-ends. Otherwise,
> there is also:
> 
> #+ATTR_HTML: :width "400px"
> 
> But this requires to have a list of all properties supported.
How about both? I.e. a short-list of common options (class, title, id for links typically) plus a generic "options" as a back up to put whatever is not in the short-list ?

/v, big fan of the ugliest solutions imaginable
> If we take
> that route, here is a suggested list of such properties for <a> tag:
> 
> - rel
> - target
> - type
> - accesskey
> - class
> - style
> - title
> 
> and for <img>
> 
> - alt
> - height
> - width
> 
> What do you think about it?
> 
> > The HTML exporter should produce valid HTML regardless of the input.
> 
> We cannot remove the ability to shoot oneself in the foot. The HTML
> back-end cannot be responsible for undefined syntax. Think about:
> 
> @@html:<foo>@@
> 
> > The Org manual describes ATTR_HTML as a feature that applies to the
> > following image or link. It makes no mention of restrictions to
> > following content in the paragraph, and neither does it say it will
> > apply to all following images or links. The manual could be amended to
> > say that ATTR_HTML applies to just the next image or link. To fit the
> > current situation, it might say, "In cases where ATTR_HTML is applied to
> > an image in a paragraph, following links will not be made invalid." But
> > why would anyone be expecting invalid HTML in the first place?
> > 
> > Incidentally, I always thought that simply using another HTML_ATTR would
> > handle multiple images or links in the old exporter. In other words,
> > this:
> > 
> > #+ATTR_HTML: width="10" alt=" [Cool thing] "
> > [[file:cool_thing.jpg]]
> > This is a paragraph about cool things.
> > #+ATTR_HTML: class="bar"
> > Cool thing found here [[http://example.com/][example.com]].
> > 
> > Would become this:
> > 
> > <p>
> > <img src="cool_thing.jpg" width="10" alt=" [Cool thing] "/>This is a 
> > paragraph about cool things. Cool thing found here <a
> > href="http://example.com/" class="bar">example.com (http://example.com)</a>.
> > </p>
> > 
> > I don't remember using that in the old exporter, but I thought it would
> > work.
> > 
> > It almost works in the new exporter, but it begins a new paragraph
> > before the second #+ATTR_HTML. I'm not sure this is the intended
> > behavior, though, because it isn't formatted like other new
> > paragraphs.
> 
> 
> 
> This is the intended behaviour. Affiliated keywords can only exist at
> the beginning of the element they refer to. So, in the previous example,
> you start two paragraphs.
> 
> > Alternatively, having ATTR_HTML (or something more general) apply to the
> > next thing, and having that work within paragraphs, is another
> > possibility. However, this may not fit within the limitations of the
> > new parser. Plus it's kind of ugly.
> 
> 
> 
> The parser won't support it. It goes against the definition of an
> affiliated keyword. Moreover, it's merely a hack (what about links in
> tables?). And it's ugly, indeed.
> 
> > Until there is a "proper" solution, however, could we please modify the
> > exporter to apply ATTR_HTML to only the next image or link? I am very
> > sure that was the spirit of the old exporter, and it would be nice if I
> > could maintain my documents in Org without resorting to (even more)
> > hacks.
> 
> 
> 
> Done.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Nicolas Goaziou