Closed Bug 1320604 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

"&copy" is displayed as the copyright (c) character even when the ';' is missing

Categories

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Tags / flags, defect)

Product:
developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Tags / flags
Platform:
All
Other
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: medusade, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [specification][type:bug]) 

What did you do?
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1. HTML text containing "&copy" displayed in browser
2. 
3. 

What happened?
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copyright symbol (c) being shown in rendered text

What should have happened?
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"&copy" should be shown in rendered text

Is there anything else we should know?
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"©" should be the entity for the copyright symbol (c)
What is the URL of the page where this is appearing?
Flags: needinfo?(medusade)
It appears in any text rendered in the browser such as the following:

<html>do(&copy, &other)</html>
This is the expected behavior per spec.
https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#character-reference-state:named-character-references
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(medusade)
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Thought so, but wanted to bring to light in case of error.
Product: developer.mozilla.org → developer.mozilla.org Graveyard
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