Re: lynx-dev Using other HTML parsers in Lynx

[Vlad Harchev]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Mooneer Salem wrote:

 If you really want to integrate this parser into lynx (yet another parsing
mode) ) recommend you to look at WWW/Library/Implementation/{SGML.c,HTMLDTD.c}
 - these are huge files. If you want to dulicate functionality that is already
there - good luck (200Kb of code). Are you going to handle unicode, CJK
languages, plus syntax highlighting mode? I don't think so it will worth the
efforts - I don't have any major and even minor complaints to
SGML/XML(incomplete)/HTML/ parser already in the lynx.
 
 Thanks for your efforts.

> The main library itself is just a function with a bunch of callbacks:
> 
> declCallBack <- for <!doctype> style tags
> startCallBack
> endCallBack  <--- for start and end tags
> textStartCallBack
> textCallBack
> textEndCallBack
> commentStartCallBack
> commentCallBack
> commentEndCallBack
> 
> I was thinking of making an interface where certain functions are
> called based on the HTML tag as well as this generic interface.
> In either case it should be easy to add support for Javascript.
> 

 Best regards,
  -Vlad


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