Re: @tieaccent{..} does not display the tie accent in HTML

[Patrice Dumas]

Hello,

It is possible to add customization options from init files, so it would
be possible to do the implementation in an init file and decide later if
it is put in texi2any proprer.  I could work on such an init file, but
later.

On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 09:39:57PM -0700, Per Bothner wrote:
> I'm thinking a customization variable XML_OUTPUT_MODE
> 
> -c XML_OUTPUT_MODE "html"
>   [current default]
>   Generate HTML files, with .html file names.
>   Follow HTML specification and recommendations.
> 
> -c XML_OUTPUT_MODE "xhtml"
>   Generate XHTML files (i.e. XML), with .xhtml file names.
>   Follow XHTML specification.
> 
> -c XML_OUTPUT_MODE "polyglot" [or many "compatible"]
>   [maybe future default?]
>   generate HTML files with .html extension, and no <?xml?> declaration,
>   but in a way that would be XML-compatible - i.e. following "polyglot" 
> markup.
> 
> In both "xhtml" and "polyglot" modes we do:
> (1) Don't uses named entities except the builtin XML ones.
> (2) Close all tags.  Where HTML prohibits separate closing tags,
> use the XML shorthand, e.g. <hr/> .  This works everywhere I've tried it.
> 
> -- 
>       --Per Bothner
> per@bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/
>