Re: lynx-dev question about embedded javascript

[dickey]

> 
> In a recent note, address@hidden said: 
>  
> > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 10:08:14 -0500 (EST) 
> >  
> > Since Lynx doesn't interpret embedded JavaScript, shouldn't it render it 
> > like <pre> ... </pre> ? 
> >  
> Isn't embedded JavaScript wrapped with comment delimiters, "<!--" and "-->"? 

no - the examples I know of are delimited with <server> and <script>

(looks rather ugly when Lynx shows it on the screen, since JavaScript
is line-oriented, and all of that is lost in rendering).

> (And doesn't this cause problems when there's a decrement operator 
> in the Java?  It could be as bad as: 
>  
>    for ( I=1000; I-->100; ) ... 

well, the syntax is C (but anyone who produces stuff like that in a production
program is probably not suited for this field of employment).
  
> Ouch!) 
>  
> -- gil 


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