John Beckett wrote:
> OK. Some documentation would be good. Or, if anyone can point me to the 
> source code,
> I'll study that. For example, in wikitext, why do
>     these fail: <S-F1> <q-args>
>     these work: <Space> <C-Left>
> 
> I know the answer is that the MediaWiki software recognises that <s> and <q> 
> have an
> html meaning, and the "-" is doing something ... but the source (or some docs)
> should reveal what other text might give trouble.

The HTML sanitizer (Sanitizer.php, line 403) uses \w to match the 
element name, and - is not part of \w. (There are no HTML4 elements 
names that contain -, and only one so far in HTML5.)

-- 
Magnus Kristiansen
"Don't worry; the Universe IS out to get you."
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