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Re: [xml2rfc] sourcecode blocks in html viewed with Firefox

Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com> Thu, 06 July 2023 13:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] sourcecode blocks in html viewed with Firefox
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Ah,

rather obtuse for me, but now I see if I right-click on that para 
character, I get  that option to copy the link.

file:///home/rgm/data/htt/Projects/Critical/drafts/draft-moskowitz-eddsa-pki/draft-moskowitz-eddsa-pki-05.html#section-6.1-3

But it gives me the section, not the sourcecode block which does have 
its own anchor.

Okayyyyy.

On 7/5/23 15:10, Robert Sparks wrote:
> It's there on purpose. It exists so that you can reference that 
> element (the paragraph symbol is used since the behavior was motivated 
> by being able to reference a particular paragraph with a URL.
>
> the utility of it is so you can do things like right-click on it and 
> "copy link" so you can provide references like:
>
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8989.html#section-appendix.a-4.1.2
>
> RjS
>
> On 7/5/23 1:59 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I have not submitted this draft yet.  I am building the html locally 
>> then opening the html file locally in Firefox.
>>
>> When I have to mouse over a greyed background sourcecode block, I see 
>> a paragraph symbol below the block.  It does not seem to do 
>> anything.  Just shows up.  The mouse pointer switches from a pointer 
>> to the insert object for, I guess, highlighting portions to select.
>>
>> But that little character at the lower left corner of the block seems 
>> weird.
>>
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