Re: How to fix <h1> id strings?

On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 04:05:21 -0400 (EDT)
alicewonder@shastaherps.org wrote:

> > Hi all,
> >
> > Using snipMate, <h1> items have id strings that are the same as
> > their text, meaning the id string has spaces.
> >
> > <h1 id="My h1 item">My h1 item</h1>
> >
> > This is an HTML4 no-no, so I want to create a Vim something or
> > other so that, when my cursor is between the quotes delineating the
> > id's value, it replaces all spaces with underscores.
>
> Ouch, making the id attribute equivalent to the contents of the text
> is very bad. The id tag is suppose to be unique in a document but
> there is no such restriction on text nodes that happen to be child of
> a header node.

This is actually two different problems:

1) Spaces can't appear in an id string
2) <h?> text isn't guaranteed unique

#1 is a showstopper and must be fixed. #2 is a minor inconvenience as
long as I'm in control of the file -- I just won't let any two <h?>
texts be the same, and actually, why would that happen in normal
authoring?

Truth be told, I've *always* algorithmically let the id be based on the
text -- Netscape Composer, NVU and Kompozer did this as well. It's a
huge convenience because you can tell at a glance what to link to, and
a tiny inconvenience in that you need to handle situations where two
<h?> lines contain the same visible text.

I fixed problem #1 as described in a prior email, although I just
realized my map must also remove all punctuation, which is just another
replace just like the space to underscore replacement.


>
> snipMate (I've never used it) should either not provide an id
> attribute or if you want one, ask you to provide the string to use.
> There really isn't a need for headers to have id attribute in most
> cases, really they are only needed if you plan to use JS to modify it
> in which case using the original string is even a worse idea. In my
> idea.

You can link to id= text in your table of contents, instead of using <a
name= labels. I'm not sure if that's the preferred way to do things --
I'll need to look it up.

>
> I would file a bug report with snipMate if I used that product, that's
> just poorly done IMHO.

I think you're right, I'll do that, and I'll submit my blank to
underscore thing so maybe they can just put that in.


Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance

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