[Vimperator] Problem finding links on XHTML pages

[Christopher Swingley]

Martin,

* Martin Stubenschrott <stubenschrott at gmx.net> [2007-May-08 03:26 AKDT]:
> > > I've noticed that vimperator has trouble getting links ('f' / 'F' / ';')
> > > on xhtml pages that are sent with type 'application/xhtml+xml' and have
> > > a Content-Type of 'text/xhtml_xml;'.
> > 
> > I haven't had time to investigate further but have you noticed that
> > running :help, when viewing your page, also fails with a
> > NS_ERROR_DOM_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR?
> 
> Please try the CVS version, and see if this is fixed. I now open a new
> tab for the help if I get this error.

I tried the CVS version, but both issues still exist.  I normally open a
new tab for :help anyway.  The real problem is not getting hints on
XHTML pages, at least not on the pages at my web site that are XHTML.

I experimented with the way my XHTML pages are served.  There are three
different types they can be served as.  The preferred type, which is
what I've been using is "application/xthml+xml".  Vimperator beeps when
hitting the quick hints keys, and :help doesn't work on these pages.

The second best option is "text/xml", and with pages like this,
Vimperator doesn't beep when hitting a quick hint key, but the hints
don't show up either.  :help does work.

The final, and least preferred method is "text/html".  When I serve my
XHTML pages this way, everything in vimperator works fine.

So the issue doesn't appear to be XHTML itself, but the way the web
server is serving the content.  If it's anything but "text/html",
vimperator has a problem figuring it out.

I hope that helps a little.

Cheers,

Chris
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Christopher S. Swingley          cswingle at iarc.uaf.edu
Intl. Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks   http://people.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/