Short answer, you can't get there from here, by which I mean, you can't easily validate the HTML of a document with mixed source, part HTML and part <?otherlanguage?>.
You should validate the *output* of the code, the rendered page, if you're concerned about your HTML being correct. You could come up with a search to turn all embperl into comments so that Tidy ignores them, then turn them back again. But it's probably not a good idea, you've got no guarantee your output is good that way. -----Original Message----- From: BBEdit-Talk List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Waggoner Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2007 9:23 PM To: BBEdit-Talk List Subject: HTML with EMBPERL I haven't been doing many "difficult" things with BBEdit since I got it but I seem to have thrown myself a curve. I have a large web page, developed over the last couple of years that has gotten rather unwieldy due to several hands being in the "pot" It's an Embedded Perl document so it has the "usual" embperl constructs. For those unfamiliar with embperl it is a similar form of document to PHP, with escape constructs to shift from Perl to HTML and back. What I would like to do is "clean up" the formatting and, hopefully, to determine if there are any unbalanced constructs. I'm especially interested in catching something like: <table> <tr><td> <form> </td> </tr> </table> </form> Which, I suspect, has happened at least once and, as I understand it, is not legitimate (although the browsers may handle it ...) I downloaded tidy and ran it but it clearly need a bit more care and feeding on my part to make it do what I want. I'm very willing to delve into that but am I tilting at windmills? I thought I'd throw this out for advice to this group and, hopefully, save some time finding the optimal path. Where should I be concentrating my efforts? TIA, Bill W -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ============================================================================== The information contained in this email and any attachment is confidential and may contain legally privileged or copyright material. It is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are not permitted to disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. The ABC does not represent or warrant that this transmission is secure or virus free. Before opening any attachment you should check for viruses. The ABC's liability is limited to resupplying any email and attachments ============================================================================== -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
