Re: 6.1: HTML5 makes the attribute "name" in hypertext anchors obsolete.

[Per Bothner]

On 08/05/2016 07:43 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Robert Weiner <address@hidden>
> > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 10:33:41 -0400
> >
> > As of Texinfo 6.1, HTML output is generating anchors like so:
> >
> > <a name="Smart-Keys"></a>
> >
> > The non-obsolete way of doing that now, compatible with HTML5 and prior 
> > versions is:
> >
> > <a id="Smart-Keys"></a>
> >
> > as HTML5 has made the name attribute obsolete.
>
> Thanks, but how can this be done in Texinfo without breaking old
> browsers?

How old?  The 'id' attribute is in the 4.01 specification from 1999.

I really don't think we should be concerned about breaking HTML 3.x browsers 
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