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From : "Sam Liddicott" <address@hidden>- To: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] displaying html files
- Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:51:14 +0100
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If we don't want to fix R, I suggest libtidy which I have used in the past to
make xslt-able xml out of bad-ish html.
Sam
Michael Lachmann <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>I found another problem. This time it isn't totally TeXmacs' fault.
>
>It seems R produces under some conditions somewhat faulty html files,
>where <p> and <dl> don't nest correctly.
>
>Here is a sample:
>---
><body>
><p>
><dl>
><dt><code>save.defaults</code>, <code>save.image.defaults</code>:</
>dt><dd>
>see <code>save</code>.</dd>
></p>
><p>
><dt><code>scipen</code>:</dt><dd>integer. A penalty to be applied
>when deciding to print numeric values in fixed or exponential
>notation. Positive values bias towards fixed and negative towards
>scientific notation: fixed notation will be preferred unless it is
>more than <code>scipen</code> digits wider.</dd>
></p>
>more
></dl>
></body>
>--
>As you can see, first <p> starts, then <dl> starts, then <p> ends, but
><dl> still continues. The result in TeXmacs is that the definition
>list is displayed off the left end of the window. I know that this is
>faulty html code, but most browsers display it "correctly".
>
>Michael
>
>P.S. TeXmacs crashes when the above example is opened as an html file,
>without the <body></body> tags.
>
>
>On 5 Aug 2010, at 8:57PM, Michael Lachmann wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found another case. The problem is with the backquote, or "acute
>> accent"
>> Which also looks like this: `
>>
>> If an html file includes this character, displaying the html fails.
>> This is even if the equivalent html code ` is used.
>>
>> The error I get is:
>> /usr/local/share/TeXmacs/progs/convert/tools/xmltm.scm:150:7: In
>> procedure string-replace in expression (string-replace s cork-grave
>> ...):
>> /usr/local/share/TeXmacs/progs/convert/tools/xmltm.scm:150:7: string
>> contains #\nul character: "\"
>> \\t\\n\"\\'\x00<gtr><less>=%;,|&\\{()\\}\""
>>
>> The acute was where above there is a '\x00'. (I know, the text looks
>> strange - it explains what are the default wordbreaks in the "options"
>> documentation in R.)
>>
>> I think that was also the problem in this half-year old email below.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> On 10 November 2009 04:04, Michael Lachmann <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I continue to work on the R plugin, and added the ability to
>>> display help
>>> files within TeXmacs. The function that does that is called t.help:
>>> t.help("read.table") will display the documentation about
>>> read.table inside
>>> TeXmacs. This works really well - html rendering in TeXmacs is very
>>> nice.
>>>
>>> I encountered the following problem: some files fail to open, with
>>> the
>>> following error:
>>> /usr/local/share/TeXmacs/progs/convert/tools/xmltm.scm:150:7: In
>>> procedure
>>> string-replace in expression (string-replace s cork-grave ...):
>>> /usr/local/share/TeXmacs/progs/convert/tools/xmltm.scm:150:7: string
>>> contains #\nul character: "?\x00+\x00"
>>>
>>> I attached a sample file that fails (it is the documentation of the R
>>> function "help"...)
>>>
>>> The problem seems to be with a line that is part of the examples:
>>> ?`+`
>>>
>>> A second problem I encountered repeatedly, but can't reproduce
>>> reliably is
>>> that sometimes, when I open an html help files, and then follow
>>> links in
>>> that help file, and then go back with C-<, then in some case if I
>>> press C-<
>>> when the top html file is display (i.e. the first opened), then
>>> TeXmacs
>>> crashes with the following error:
>>>
>>> Assertion failed: (!is_nil (p)), function path_up, file
>>> ./Kernel/Types/path.cpp, line 84.
>>> '/usr/local/bin/texmacs ' terminated by signal SIGABRT (Abort)
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
- Re: [TeXmacs] displaying html files, Michael Lachmann, 08/05/2010
- Re: [TeXmacs] displaying html files, Michael Lachmann, 08/05/2010
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- Re: [TeXmacs] displaying html files, Sam Liddicott, 08/06/2010
- Re: [TeXmacs] displaying html files, Michael Lachmann, 08/06/2010
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