Re: [Lynx-dev] Allow options wrapped in datalists.

[David Woolley]

On 05/03/2021 20:39, Andrei E. via Lynx-dev wrote:
> In cheat.sh, when connecting with lynx, it complains about bad HTML. 
> However,https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh/issues/288  points 
> tohttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/option  and 
> suggests that it respects the specification. Because of this, lynx should 
> accept at least that section without complaining. (This may still mean 
> reporting bad HTML for other reasons, but this should be fixed.)

I believe Lynx is basically an HTML 4 browser, with HTML 5 workarounds 
bolted on.  I suspect the only easy option for it would be to completely 
ignore datalist elements, especially given that it seems they can be 
forward referenced.

Given that I would have been surprised if it honoured the semantics, I 
think the warning is harmless, except that it is incorrectly worded; it 
uses the common loose terminology of referring to elements as tags.  It 
should say OPTION *element* not with SELECT *element*.

HTML 5 was created by a breakaway group, and the name of the group makes 
it clear that it is intended for applications, not documents, which also 
implies that HTML 5 is likely to rely on scripting, which Lynx doesn't 
support.