According to Geoff Hutchison:
> At 6:49 PM -0400 9/7/01, Steve Knoblock wrote:
> >Our host has upgraded, apparently to Free BSD 4.3 from an older
> >version. ht-dig has stopped working, with a 500 error. Do I need to
> >recompile the binaries to be compatible with this operating system.
>
> I'd check the server logs to see what the error message is. Or try
> calling the CGI from the command-line to see if it runs successfully.
> Keep in mind that updated system libraries (e.g. libc or libstdc++)
> can certainly require updating binaries as well.
See also http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html#q5.7
> >It has the modification to HTML.cc file to make the htdig indexer to
> >ignore IMG ALT text so that it does not appear in excerpts. Does the
> >new version incorporate this modification? Or will the source need
> >editing again.
>
> No, I don't think this is likely to be incorporated--to me it seems
> of interest only to certain sites. Is there a general interest for
> this, rather than what's currently done?
I don't recall a lot of complaining about this feature when it was
introduced in 3.1.5. Essentially, if it's not appropriate to use the
alt text in excerpts or the index, you're using the alt text incorrectly!
Text-only browsers, including those used by the visually impaired, will
use the alt text in place of the image. So, the alt text should flow
with the text around the img tag, or contain the same text as the image
itself contains. It's not to be used the way the title parameter is,
though I've heard of some sites doing just that.
--
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
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