> If you can demonstrate that htdig actually inserts
> the word "true" in
> the index even when you have <img alt="" ...> (as
> opposed to
> <img alt ...> as you reported in your earlier
> message about 2 weeks
> ago), then I'd agree there's a problem. However,
> it's certainly not
> happening on my system, as I use alt="" quite
> heavily here.
the only difference is that I am indexing an xsp page
served by cocoon...however, the result is a static
html page. I'm wondering if the html doctype
declaration has anything to do with this, as it is
different for my cocoon xhtml templates than it is for
a static html page.
--- Gilles Detillieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> According to Anthony E.:
> > alt is not a required attribute for img tag in
> html,
> > so if one doesn't want to use it, they can simply
> > leave it out...however, this only works if coded
> by
> > hand in a plain text editor. The problem, in my
> case,
> > arose from homesite, which automatically sticks
> and
> > empty alt="" attribute for img tags. I have since
> > removed all the alt="" tags, which removed the
> > recurring "true" in results.
> >
> > I can see it as a bit cumbersome to have to do
> this
> > across all x/html files, especially on large
> sites.
> >
> > I think a htdig.conf parameter for disabling alt
> tags
> > in indexing would be ideal.
>
> You're missing my point. htdig does not have
> problem with tags like
>
> <img alt="" src="img.gif">
>
> nor
>
> <img src="img.gif">
>
> It's only when you have a tag like
>
> <img alt src="img.gif">
>
> where the alt is minimized, i.e. no ="value" or =""
> after the word alt,
> that the problem occurs. This is because a
> minimized attribute implies
> a boolean value to that attribute, so the attribute
> parser in htdig
> sets the attribute to "true", to indicate it as an
> attribute that's
> set in the tag.
>
> The reason htdig parses alt text in img tags should
> be obvious. If you
> have an image that contains text, that text is not
> displayed if your
> browser doesn't show the image. The whole point of
> the alt attribute
> is to provide a text alternative, e.g.:
>
> <img alt="The University of Manitoba"
> src="UofMlogo.gif">
>
> Because htdig is a non-graphical web client, it uses
> the alt text as
> it should. If your HTML generator automatically
> sticks alt attributes
> with no value definition, rather than a proper empty
> string definition,
> i.e. alt="", then I'd say it's your HTML generator
> that's buggy.
>
> If you can demonstrate that htdig actually inserts
> the word "true" in
> the index even when you have <img alt="" ...> (as
> opposed to
> <img alt ...> as you reported in your earlier
> message about 2 weeks
> ago), then I'd agree there's a problem. However,
> it's certainly not
> happening on my system, as I use alt="" quite
> heavily here.
>
> --
> Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW:
> http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil
> Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone:
> (204)789-3766
> Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax:
> (204)789-3930
>
> _______________________________________________
> htdig-general mailing list
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To unsubscribe, send a message to
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a
> subject of unsubscribe
> FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices
http://auctions.yahoo.com/
_______________________________________________
htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a
subject of unsubscribe
FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
