Re: LI attributes

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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 11:14:00 EDT
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Subject: Re: LI attributes 
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Daniel W. Connolly writes:
> In message <9409200107.AA08601@sqrex.sq.com>, lee@sq.com writes:
> >
> >I just noticed that LI doesn't have any attributes.
> >
> >One of the frequently asked questions on netnews is where to get the little
> >coloured spheres people use at list bullets... and put in the attributes
> >to LI:
> >
> ><!ATTLIST LI
> >        icon     %URL;  #IMPLIED -- image for use in place of bullet --
> >        label   CDATA   #IMPLIED -- when you can't show the icon image --
> >>
> >
> >This seems to be widely used & currently supported, were the attributes left
> >off by mistake?
> 
> Could you give some details/evidence about this support? Are you
> sure folks aren't doing something like:
> 
> 	<dl>
> 	<dt><img src="dot.gif">
> 	<dd>item
> 	...
> 	</dl>

  This is generally what people are doing.  The only browser I know of that
supports <li src="xxx"> is emacs-w3 (and perhaps violaWWW, haven't checked
in a while).

-Bill P.