On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 11:21:40PM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 11:46:08AM -0800, Per Bothner wrote: > > > > 2020-11-25 Gavin Smith <[email protected]> > > > > data-manual attribute > > > > * tp/Texinfo/Convert/HTML.pm (_convert_xref_commands): > > Set data-manual attribute instead of class="texi-manual" > > on links to other Texinfo manuals. > > > > The purpose of this was to support locally installed HTML manuals better. > The idea was that the contents of the data-manual attribute could be used > for the name of a manual to be found in a search path.
Indeed, I think that it is a relevant feature. > Use of data-* attributes was suggested in another thread and is valid HTML5: > > https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Howto/Use_data_attributes > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2020-10/msg00085.html Even if it is valid, I think that it is a good thing to be able to produce HTML documents without custom attributes. That being said, if it seems obvious that such caution is not a needed feature, it is possible to revert commit cbce0c098353451c0a35d740ba503ba124621272. -- Pat
