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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex b/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex index e8b4dd9..68c93e0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libhtmlparser.tex @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ This module defines a class \class{HTMLParser} which serves as the basis for parsing text files formatted in HTML\index{HTML} (HyperText -Mark-up Language) and XHTML.\index{XHTML} +Mark-up Language) and XHTML.\index{XHTML} Unlike the parser in +\refmodule{htmllib}, this parser is not based on the SGML parser in +\refmodule{sgmllib}. \begin{classdesc}{HTMLParser}{} @@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ The \class{HTMLParser} class is instantiated without arguments. An HTMLParser instance is fed HTML data and calls handler functions when tags begin and end. The \class{HTMLParser} class is meant to be overridden by the user to provide a desired behavior. + +Unlike the parser in \refmodule{htmllib}, this parser does not check +that end tags match start tags or call the end-tag handler for +elements which are closed implicitly by closing an outer element. \end{classdesc} |