Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx - what tags does it support?

[Andrew Kuchling]

See http://www.crl.com/%7Esubir/lynx/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html ,
specifically the sections with titles like "Lynx and HTML Forms",
"Lynx and HTML Tables", etc.  You may also wish to experiment with one
of the publicly-accessible copies of Lynx; see
http://www.crl.com/%7Esubir/lynx/public_lynx.html for pointers to
them.

        If you're somewhat comfortable reading C source, the DTD for
the HTML that Lynx supports is in WWW/Library/Implementation/HTMLDTD.c
in the Lynx source distribution; this will let you see what tags, and
what attributes for each tag, that Lynx is aware of; it won't,
however, tell you which tags actually cause changes visible to a Lynx
user, or what those changes are.

        For example, Lynx is aware of the BGSOUND tag, but it doesn't
play the sound.  If the clickable-images mode is selected with a
configuration option, or the '*' key, then Lynx will add a link from
which the sound can be downloaded and passed to an external sound
player.  To determine what Lynx does with each tag, you'd have to look
through src/HTML.c and examine the code.

Ron Woodall (address@hidden) wrote:
> problem. By putting Lynx on the compatibility charts of my pages, perhaps
> others can prepare pages accordingly.

        Ha!  As if merely listing the tags can teach their proper use!
I was once in a meeting where the graphic designer wanted to forego
supporting Netscape 2.0 (which is still the most common browser out
there) simply because it doesn't support borderless frames.  Too many
designers are concerned with presentation, to the detriment of
usability.  Listing the tags that Lynx supports won't suddenly make
such people competent Web site designers.


        Andrew Kuchling
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