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Re: LYNX-DEV ALIGNment problem

From: Al Gilman
Subject: Re: LYNX-DEV ALIGNment problem
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:00:53 -0500 (EST) 
  From: Klaus Weide <address@hidden>

  A problem with Lynx2.6 handling of <P ALIGN=...> shows up in the 
  following document:
  
    URL: http://www.indigo.ie/egt/standards/tc304wg2/tc304wg2doc/n617.html
  
  which is (in the relevant part) Wilbur-valid according to Webtechs, 
<...>  
  Lynx uses right-alignment throughout the document, although that is 
  clearly not intended (neither by the human writer nor by the markup).
  
  Near the top it looks like this:
  
  <BODY BGCOLOR="FFFFFF">
  <CENTER><IMG SRC="centc304wg2.jpg"></CENTER>
  <P ALIGN=Right>CEN/TC304/WG2 N617<br>
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- Right-aligned container never closed explicitly

  Inserting a </P> before the <hr>, where it would be implied if P 
  was treated as a container element with optional close tag, "fixes"
  the display...
  
  I don't know whether the alignment handling should be changed, or
  how to do it, or whether that would create more problems than it
  solves.  Just pointing out a real example where it fails, I guess..
  
This looks like an excellent piece of detective work, the conclusion
of which is "It's a feature."  If people want to use <P> to impose
alignment, they can explicitly close it, IMHO.  

Al Gilman
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