206832 - HTML parser is not using all of the legal SGML shorttags

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 47522

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect)

Description

[Ernest Cline]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425

I came up with a little test page to try out the various SGML shorttags, The
page validates on the W3C Validator, but does not display correctly.

In particular, the empty open tag, the empty close tag, and the null end tag and
net-enabling open tag combination were not honored.

The Unclosed start tag and the Unclosed end tag were honored by Mozilla.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a file the uses the SGML shorttags.
2. Look at it in Mozilla
Actual Results:  
The empty open tag, the empty close tag, and the null end tag and net-enabling
open tag combination are not honored.

The Unclosed start tag and the Unclosed end tag are honored.

Expected Results:  
All five uses of SGML shorttags should be honored (at least in a page that does
not trigger quirks mode.)

Will be including the file that I used for testing as an attachment.

Comment 1

[Ernest Cline]

Attachment: SGML SHORTTAG Test for HTML

Comment 2

[Christopher Hoess (gone)]

I think we have 2 separate bugs on these issues already (omitted GI and NET
omission). Confirming for the time being, but this will probably be duped.

Comment 3

[Ernest Cline]

Might make more sense to turn this bug into a metabug than to dupe it. The use
of all five short tag options in SGML is controlled by the SHORTTAG option in
the FEATURES clause of the SGML declaration.  If Mozilla were to everhandle
generic SGML, it would need to be able to turn the use of all five of these on
or off as a group.

Comment 4

[A]

This bug needs a new assignment (formerly-netscape)

Comment 5

[Blake Kaplan (:mrbkap) (inactive)]

NET was WONTFIXed a while ago, marking as a DUPE of the closest remaining
shorttag bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47522 ***