On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 09:46:49AM -0800, Peter Karman wrote:
> 
> I checked check_html_tag and see where all the structural stuff is 
> defined. There's also a reference to a isinline() function. I searched 
> the xmlsoft.org site. That seems to be a feature of libxml2:
> 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2003-January/msg00115.html
> 
> Or am I totally off?

Nope.


> 
> All of this is to say, that after reading your response and thinking 
> about it some more, I see why the HTML2 and XML2 parsers parse 
> differently. Is it fair to say that they do that because HTML is messy 
> and typically written to represent how something should LOOK, while 
> (valid) XML is tidy and written to represent what something MEANS? Or is 
> that too simplistic?

That's about it.  
 
> In any case, I shall make sure to use the HTML2 parser when I want more
> 'grace' with respect to whitespace.

And hack the source when it doesn't do exactly what you want it to do.


-- 
Bill Moseley
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