Closed Bug 1558 Opened 26 years ago Closed 26 years ago

View Source omits # character

Categories

(Core :: Layout, defect, P2)

Product:
Core
Component:
Layout
Platform:
x86
Windows 95
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: cpratt, Assigned: rickg)

Details

(Whiteboard: view source not accessible)

If you user viewer.exe to view the source for a document that contains a character referred to by number instead of an entity, the pound sign is omitted. That is, instead of seeing &#253, you see &253.
batch-reassigning all Garrett Blythe bugs to Don Melton
Assignee: don → law
Re-assigned to law@netscapw.com. Bill, is this a valid bug?
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
I'll look into this myself, but might end up reassigning to a Gecko engineer.
Setting all current Open/Normal to M4.
Component: Windows FE → UE/UI
Product: MozillaClassic → Browser
Assignee: law → troy
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Component: UE/UI → Layout
Target Milestone: M4
Re-assinged to troy@netscape.com, changed component to Layout, and clear target milestone. Troy, who on the Gecko team should get this one?
Assignee: troy → rickg
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 26 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Fixed by improvement to entity handling that is a side effect of 3609.
QA Contact: 3849
will verify this when we can view source again, as of 3/16 we can't do that
Whiteboard: view source not accessible
QA Contact: 3849 → 4137
View source still not accessible. March 24 build.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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