Re: problem with LF/CR etc.

Hi Hrvoje and all other,

> It forces the user to remember what each number means, and then have
> to add those numbers in his head.  Unix utilities already have the
> reputation of being user-unfriendly; why make things worse?

It would do away with multiple (sometimes obscure) options few 
users use and combine them in one. 
Those users who use these options are (I would think) 
those who can deal with a bitcode option.
All others would (have to) live with the default setting.
I don't want to push anyone towards a bitcode by any means!!
Just my $0.02 on options.

> > But I think wget is already breaking this rule with the 
> > implementation of comment-parsing, or am I mistaken?
> You are mistaken.  Lax comment parsing is on by default, 
Sorry, I think I did not make myself understood:
I know that lax comment parsing is "on" by default.
I meant that in this case the user can still change wget's behaviour 
by using the "strict comment parsing" option.
I think that contradicts what you said about wget 
dealing with a situation of bad HTML all by itself.
Also, to my mind, the difference between
--stricthtmlrules
and
--laxhtmlrules
is just a negation of the syntax.

> > We could make "full relaxation" the default and use the inverted
> > option --stricthtmlrules, to exclude certain relaxations. This is
> > probably more "automatic downloading"ish.
> I don't like this idea because it means additional code to handle
> something that noone really cares about anyway ("strict HTML").  
Again I don't understand:
What I suggested is more or less to generalize the 
"strict html comments" option towards other cases of wrong HTML.
I really don't see a fundamental difference here. 
The better documentation and wider occurence of bad comments 
are reasons why "strict html comments" is a more needed option 
then to deal with LF/CR. 
If you say that an option for LF/CR s not needed, I trust you.
But I still do not see a fundamental difference in implementation 
for the user.

CU
Jens


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