Re: libwww-perl-5b5 released

Andreas Koenig (k@anna.mind.de)
Mon, 18 Sep 1995 01:11:52 +0200


    >> then there's no closing </BASE> tag inserted. I'm not sure, if
    >> this is a violation of HTML or not.

     > I just thought it had to be that way.  I have never used (or
     > seen) <BASE> myself; HTML::Elements reads:

     [...]

     >    <!ELEMENT BASE - O EMPTY>

     > which I guess means that HTML::Element is correct about this.

Of course! Slowly improving the ability to read the element
declarations. The first base tag I found somewhere had an end tag, so
I just copied it.

     > Since you mentioned <base>, I know that

     >    $ request -o links ...

     > should really look for <base> when resolving absolute links.  I
     > just wished there was an easier way to access the meta
     > information after parsing >>TODO.

The never ending story

     > --Gisle

Thanks again, good night,
andreas