Re: lynx-dev lost format

[Doug Kaufman]

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Mark Papsun wrote:

> I visit www.ppgi.com/dancers.htm. Below are two results. 
> 
> Immediately below is the column format that is viewable when using Lynx
> ver 2.7 (very appealing). The second is the jumble that is viewable when
> using Lynx 2.8.1. What is it about the later Lynx version that causes the
> column format to break down?   

This usually means that there is invalid html. Lynx now has two
parsers which recover differently from html errors. To get the view
you prefer, use the "TagSoup" parser, rather than the "SortaSGML"
parser. To change parsers while viewing a page, type CTRL-V or change
the parser in the options page (HTML error recovery). You can change
the default parser in lynx.cfg (TAGSOUP define). You can also invoke
lynx as "lynx -tagsoup".

You might want to check the site through one of the html validators to
see where the problem might be.
                              Doug
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