Re: [PATCH] makeinfo @multitable html output fix

[Eli Zaretskii]

On 19 Dec 2000, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> Here's a small fix to get nice tables in html, from texinfo's
> @multitable environment.

Thanks!

> --- ../texinfo-4.0.jcn2/makeinfo/multi.c      Tue Aug 17 23:06:56 1999
> +++ ./makeinfo/multi.c        Tue Dec 19 21:33:17 2000
> @@ -385,8 +385,8 @@
>    if (html)
>      {
>        if (!first_row)
> -     add_word ("<br></tr>"); /* <br> for non-tables browsers. */
> -      add_word ("<tr align=\"left\"><td>");
> +     add_word ("<br></td></tr>");    /* <br> for non-tables browsers. */
> +      add_word ("<tr align=\"left\"><td valign=\"top\">");

In what version of the HTML spec was valign attribute introduced?  Is
it a standard or widely-supported feature?

We are generally trying to avoid features, even nifty ones, which
could produce unpleasant effects on some of the browsers.