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Re: 6.1: HTML5 makes the attribute "name" in hypertext anchors obsolete.
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Patrice Dumas |
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Re: 6.1: HTML5 makes the attribute "name" in hypertext anchors obsolete. |
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Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:59:10 +0200 |
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On Fri, Aug 05, 2016 at 10:33:41AM -0400, Robert Weiner wrote:
> Just a small thing.
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> As of Texinfo 6.1, HTML output is generating anchors like so:
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> <a name="Smart-Keys"></a>
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> The non-obsolete way of doing that now, compatible with HTML5 and prior
> versions is:
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> <a id="Smart-Keys"></a>
Using id instad of name leads to validation errors with the 4.01
doctype:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
That's because in this dtd, id type is ID which is too restrictive,
while in html5 it is much less restricted.
It is possible to abandon strict validity, I guess that most if not all
browser are ok with id with less restrictive content, but having
something valid is also very convenient to debug the html.
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Pat