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. > > > > > > >
