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Replace HTML4 doctype declaration
From: |
Gavin Smith |
Subject: |
Replace HTML4 doctype declaration |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 15:46:20 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) |
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 09:08:24AM +0900, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> Is there a place *now* where HTML4 is a requirement ? HTML5 is the only
> *current* standard and does not specifically target web applications.
>
We output HTML4 to get some flexibility in the output, but I am not sure
how useful the HTML4 doctype declaration is any more and perhaps we should
switch to the simpler HTML5 "<!DOCTYPE html>" header. It looks like we are
trying to conform to a standard that nobody cares about anymore.
Does anybody object if I go and change texi2any to output this instead of
the HTML4 Transitional doctype?
As far as I remember the main difference is the use of the <tt> tag which
has been removed from the standard, but I am sure there are other usages
too. It will have been discussed on this list before.
The GNU project's attitude to standards applies here:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Non_002dGNU-Standards.html#Non_002dGNU-Standards
"The GNU Project regards standards published by other organizations
as suggestions, not orders. We consider those standards, but we do
not “obey” them. "
It is *practical* issues that we care about for versions of HTML, not
what some standard demands or whatever is supposed to be "more modern".
- Re: texi to epub, (continued)
Re: texi to epub, Kurt Hornik, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Patrice Dumas, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Kurt Hornik, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Per Bothner, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Patrice Dumas, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Gavin Smith, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Jacob Bachmeyer, 2021/12/16
- Re: texi to epub, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2021/12/16
- Replace HTML4 doctype declaration,
Gavin Smith <=
- Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Per Bothner, 2021/12/18
- Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Jacob Bachmeyer, 2021/12/18
- Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2021/12/18
- Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Gavin Smith, 2021/12/19
- Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Jacob Bachmeyer, 2021/12/19
Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Patrice Dumas, 2021/12/19
Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Jacob Bachmeyer, 2021/12/19
Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2021/12/20
Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Patrice Dumas, 2021/12/19
Re: Replace HTML4 doctype declaration, Gavin Smith, 2021/12/20