preprocess script & XHTML

[Andrea 'fwyzard' Bocci]

At 18.35 04/04/2003 +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Andrea Bocci wrote:
> > I've finally found the time to put together a modified preprocess script
> > that also validates the pages for xhtml compliance after updating them,
> > and generates a final report with the status of all the gcc pages.
>
>Ah, that's nice.  Do you have that on the web somewhere for the
>gcc.gnu.org pages, so that we can use it right away?

I've got a recent mirror ofthe GCC website at 
http://utenti.lycos.it/fwyzard/gcc/index.html, with the validation infos at 
http://utenti.lycos.it/fwyzard/gcc/xhtml.html. Unfortunatly, re-valiating 
the documents on-line doesn't work on that mirror, because of the banners 
the provider adds at the end of each files :-(.
The validation infos should be correct, however, as I validated all the 
page soff-line and then uploaded everything.

>  I can change the script to use the online W3C validator if
> > you prefer, so no local sotware would be needed, but that can be quite
> > slower.
>
>If you don't mind, I'd like to give that a try, because that's the
>validator we are currently using, so people are familiar with it, and
>that way, developers can use this very nice feature without having to
>install the WDG validator.

No problem.
I can have both in, and use a command line option to switch between them, 
defaulting to the W3C online validator.
This way, the offline (faster) functions can be used, but are not required.

[...]

>Concerning the main change, I hope you don't mind, but I believe a bit
>of documentation (in form of comments) is needed.
>
>Also, could we make this verification a (command-line) option, which at
>least in the beginning defaults to off?
>
>Perhaps we can then avoid some of the new functions, by having the
>existing ones check for a global flag and perform the check only if that
>is set? What do you think?

OK, next week I'll be at CERN, so I'll have some time to write a new 
version, with comments, both online and offline validators, and command 
line switches.

>Gerald
>--
>Gerald "Jerry"   pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at   http://www.pfeifer.com/gerald/

Andrea