[thelist] quoting attributes and tag case
.jeff
jeff at members.evolt.org
Sat Aug 17 01:17:01 CDT 2002
tom,
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> From: Tom Dell'Aringa
>
> 1. I prefer double quoting attributes. Does XHTML care
> if they are single quoted? I'm thinking not, but not
> sure.
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it doesn't care, though i wish it'd require that double-quotes were used since most editors syntax highlighting behaves better with double-quoted attribute values.
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> Reason I ask: If you write a script that uses
> document.write to output html - you need to alternate
> your quotes of course:
>
> document.write("<td width='10'>foo</td>");
>
> So you end up with single quotes...I guess I could do
> this:
>
> document.write('<td width="10">foo</td>');
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that's the reason i give a javascript tip to *always* use single-quotes as the string qualifier. it makes creating a string of html *so* much easier.
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> 2. Tag Case: What do you all use? I've used lower case
> for some time, but it seems that in the XML world,
> its Upper Case for everything. On the one hand, upper
> case does make the tags stick out...just wondering
> what you all thought.
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lowercase all the way. i find myself compulsively converting any uppercase tags i find in a document. of course i compulsively wrap attribute values in double-quotes and reorder tag attributes to the order i'm used to.
.jeff
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