What does this mean?

R

richard

Line 4, Column 0: character "<" invalid: only delimiter ">", delimiter
"[", system identifier, "CDATA", "NDATA", "SDATA" and parameter
separators allowed.

<html>

1:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
2:
3:
4:<html>
 
M

Michael Fesser

..oO(richard)
Line 4, Column 0: character "<" invalid: only delimiter ">", delimiter
"[", system identifier, "CDATA", "NDATA", "SDATA" and parameter
separators allowed.

<html>

1:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
2:
3:
4:<html>
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The document type declaration is not closed (missing '>' at the end of
line 1). There should also be URL or browsers will be thrown into quirks
mode.

Micha
 
R

rf

richard said:
Line 4, Column 0: character "<" invalid: only delimiter ">", delimiter
"[", system identifier, "CDATA", "NDATA", "SDATA" and parameter
separators allowed.
Click to expand...

Hmmm. Tricky. I'd say you are missing a delimeter ">", a delimeter "[", a
system identifier, some "CDATA", "NDATA", "SDATA" or a parameter separator.
<html>

1:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
Click to expand...

Yep, you are missing a ">".

Not so tricky after all :)
 
R

richard

.oO(richard)
Line 4, Column 0: character "<" invalid: only delimiter ">", delimiter
"[", system identifier, "CDATA", "NDATA", "SDATA" and parameter
separators allowed.

<html>

1:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
2:
3:
4:<html>
Click to expand...

The document type declaration is not closed (missing '>' at the end of
line 1). There should also be URL or browsers will be thrown into quirks
mode.

Micha
Click to expand...

A case of couldn't see the forest through the trees.
Thanks.
At least it validates now.
 

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