Yeah, I had a look on bugzilla and found the bugs relating to this after I posted, the significant ones are: 92525 - Allow users to change DOCTYPE of edited HTML documents 74377 - changing doctype in existing files
"basic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Its still not fixed? What is the bug #? > > basic > > Charley Manske wrote: > > > We always intended to do this, but it's out of our (composer team's) > > control -- we use whatever DTDs the layout engine supports, and right > > now that is somewhat limited. We do have a bug on supporting "strict" > > vs. "transitional" versions of the 4.0 DTD. > > Charley > > > > David Balch wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I believe that a useful feature for composer would be being able to > >> choose > >> the doctype a page uses. I imagine it working as a dialog box with > >> options > >> for format, version, strict/quirks - with descriptions to guide the > >> user to > >> choosing the right format for them. After choosing (and maybe entering a > >> page title) a new composer window would open with the minimal valid > >> document > >> for that format (and version). > >> > >> This would help increase the number of well formed and validating > >> pages on > >> the net. > >> > >> I understand that composer will only produce valid markup (as it works by > >> DOM calls), so if there is a mechanism that checks user entered markup > >> for > >> well-formedness (or preferably validity) the quality of webpage markup > >> would > >> be increased (once moz gets widespread :) > >> > >> I have thought out a way of doing this, but am not really a programmer. I > >> will type up my ideas and post them, and have a look at XPFE when I get a > >> chance, but comments would be apprieciated. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> David Balch. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >
