#16 Apparent URLs in HTML PRE elements are checked

[Phil Shaw]

Documents where example markup is given in PRE
elements are treated as real links. I don't know how the
following will turn out, I'll follow-up with a file if it's a real
mess.

<pre>
&lt;link
rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css"
href="/styles/Example.css"
title="Example" /&gt;
</pre>

In this case the apparent URL /styles/Example.css is
treated as if it is a relative link from the current
document. I suggest markup in pre elements should not
be processed.

[Phil Shaw]

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A further example is where image references are given in PRE
elements:

<pre>
...
menutxt += '&lt;img src=&quot;image.gif&quot; alt=&quot;...
&quot; /&gt;';
...
</pre>

In this case, the apparent URL &quot;image.gif&quot; is
treated as if it is a relative link from the current document.
That is, it is resolved to literally:

http://www.example.com/directory/&quot;image.gif&quot;

Again, this type of reference should not be checked.

[EJP]

I'm planning a new release of JSpider in which this issue and the entire issue of HTML parsing is addressed. Please stay tuned.