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RE: [Htmlparser-user] Quick beginner question...

[<dha...@or...>]

Hi Joe,

In the HTMLParser, all the tags are printed on new lines. So the output
that you are gettign is expected output. We ahve discussed this problem
on the list.  can probably check it out fromt he archives. 

But more importantly, the HTMLParser is changing the HTML file given to
it which it must not do (whethrr it is a browser bug or not should be
immaterial to the parser). i.e. input and output of parser must match
specially in the presentation aspects. I too think something should be
done about it.

What do u say Somik?


Regards,

Dhaval Udani
Senior Analyst
M-Line, QPEG
OrbiTech Solutions Ltd.
+91-22-8290019 Extn. 1457



-----Original Message-----
From: jryburn [mailto:jr...@ya...]
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Subject: [Htmlparser-user] Quick beginner question...


I'm not sure if this is a browser bug  or a parser bug, but the 
following code...

    <TABLE width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0">
      <TR>
        <TD valign="top">
          <FONT face="arial" size="-1"><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;</FONT>
        </TD>
        <TD>
          <A href="s/15341"><FONT face="arial" size="-1">Bush vows to 
seek Congress' OK on Iraq</FONT></A>
        </TD>
      </TR>
    </TABLE>

when parsed by the html parser and rewritten, is output with the first 
<TD> element broken up as follows...

<FONT face="arial" size="-1">
<B>
&#149;
</B>
&nbsp;
</FONT>

This renders differently than when they are joined. I didn't think 
whitespace was supposed to affect presentation but here it seems to be 
significant, in both Internet Explorer and Mozilla. This is from the 
news headline table on the right of the main 'www.yahoo.com' page. Is 
there a way to output this to render correctly using HTMLParser?

Regards,

Joe Ryburn



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RE: [Htmlparser-user] Quick beginner question...

[<dha...@or...>]

Yeah thats the point. However not only new lines but any spaces, any
tabs etc. A well-formed HTML document if given to the parser must result
in the same at theoutput of the parser.
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Regards,=20

Dhaval Udani=20
Senior Analyst=20
M-Line, QPEG=20
OrbiTech Solutions Ltd.=20
+91-22-8290019 Extn. 1457=20

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  =20
   I'd suggest that we also parse newlines on the input, and perhaps
   store them as a tag as well. Then we can walk through the parsed code
   and print all other=A0tags without newlines, and the newline tag would
   then be printed to output as a newline.=20
   =A0
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   Joe Ryburn
   Technical Director
   Lead Router LLC
   Office=A0 501-221-8865
   Mobile 501-249-5015
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Re: [Htmlparser-user] Quick beginner question...

[Somik R. <so...@ya...>]

Hi Folks,
    I am on the road now, in Singapore.. I will be travelling the next 2
weeks, so I cannot be regular with mails till then.

Dhaval and Joe --> Indeed, I understand the issue, that sometimes things get
messed up. But storing all newlines would make the parser a whole lot more
complex than it is right now.

I am however open to examining it - when I find some time (from October).
This does not stop anyone from doing an anlysis and see what can be done.
That would  be a good contribution for the community.

So pls go ahead-  and let us know what you think.

Cheers,
Somik

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From: <dha...@or...>
To: <htm...@li...>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Htmlparser-user] Quick beginner question...


Yeah thats the point. However not only new lines but any spaces, any
tabs etc. A well-formed HTML document if given to the parser must result
in the same at theoutput of the parser.


Regards,

Dhaval Udani
Senior Analyst
M-Line, QPEG
OrbiTech Solutions Ltd.
+91-22-8290019 Extn. 1457



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   I'd suggest that we also parse newlines on the input, and perhaps
   store them as a tag as well. Then we can walk through the parsed code
   and print all other tags without newlines, and the newline tag would
   then be printed to output as a newline.



   Joe Ryburn
   Technical Director
   Lead Router LLC
   Office 501-221-8865
   Mobile 501-249-5015


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RE: [Htmlparser-user] Quick beginner question...

[Joe R. <jr...@ya...>]

I'd suggest that we also parse newlines on the input, and perhaps store
them as a tag as well. Then we can walk through the parsed code and
print all other tags without newlines, and the newline tag would then be
printed to output as a newline. 
 
 
Joe Ryburn
Technical Director
Lead Router LLC
Office  501-221-8865
Mobile 501-249-5015
 

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