Karl Berry wrote:
>
> there are browsers (e.g., x-mosaic) that ignore empty anchors like the
>
> Isn't this a bug in x-mosaic,
Since empty anchors are not HTML 2.0, and x-mosaic does not promise to
handle more than HTML 2.0, it's not a bug in x-mosaic.
> not something that needs to be fixed in
> texinfo?
Whether it needs to be fixed in makeinfo depends on whether you want
to generate standard HTML 2.0 (then it needs fixing), or want to
require, e.g., HTML 4.0 (where empty anchors are legal, so it doesn't
need fixing). IIRC there is something in the docs about outputting
HTML 2.0 or, if multicolumn tables are used, 3.2.
I would prefer fixing it in makeinfo.
I also don't know if x-mosaic is the only browser that has this
behaviour. There is a note in the HTML 4.0 specification, Section
13.2, that says:
Note: Some user agents fail to find anchors represented by empty A
elements. For example, some user agents may not find the
"empty-anchor" in the following HTML fragment:
<A name="empty-anchor"></A>
<EM>...some HTML...</EM>
<A href="#empty-anchor">Link to empty anchor</A>
- anton
