2013-08-08 0:08, Ian Hickson wrote:
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
2013-08-06 17:45, Ian Hickson wrote:
If such an application needs some bulk of text data, it can be
included e.g. in <script type=text/plain>...</script> but not in a
separate plain text file (included into the application
distribution, along with other files) referred to via <script
src=...></script>. This is a frustrating restriction and makes it
more difficult to maintain and customize application. If an external
plain text file could be used, the data content could be separately
managed (requiring knowledge only about the format used).
I'm not sure what you mean by "application distribution". Why can't a
text/plain file by included the same way an image/png file is
included?
It can be included as a file, but it cannot be used. I can't "read" it.
That is the point. I can use an <img> element referring to an image
file, but I cannot refer to a simple plain text file (or an XML file) in
an HTML document in a manner that lets me process its content in
scripting. I can only include it via <iframe> or <object>, but that's
different from accessing its content.
I don't understand why XHR doesn't work for you.
Because there is no server to talk to when you’re a truly local HTML5
application.
Yucca
