Added more information on the differences between the htmllib and HTMLParser

modules.
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Fred Drake 2001-07-05 16:34:36 +00:00
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@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ handlers for all HTML 2.0 and many HTML 3.0 and 3.2 elements.
\begin{seealso}
\seemodule{HTMLParser}{Alternate HTML parser that offers a slightly
lower-level view of the input, but is
designed to work with XHTML, and does not
implement some of the SGML syntax not used in
``HTML as deployed'' and which isn't legal
for XHTML.}
\seemodule{htmlentitydefs}{Definition of replacement text for HTML
2.0 entities.}
\seemodule{sgmllib}{Base class for \class{HTMLParser}.}

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@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
This module defines a class \class{HTMLParser} which serves as the
basis for parsing text files formatted in HTML\index{HTML} (HyperText
Mark-up Language) and XHTML.\index{XHTML}
Mark-up Language) and XHTML.\index{XHTML} Unlike the parser in
\refmodule{htmllib}, this parser is not based on the SGML parser in
\refmodule{sgmllib}.
\begin{classdesc}{HTMLParser}{}
@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ The \class{HTMLParser} class is instantiated without arguments.
An HTMLParser instance is fed HTML data and calls handler functions
when tags begin and end. The \class{HTMLParser} class is meant to be
overridden by the user to provide a desired behavior.
Unlike the parser in \refmodule{htmllib}, this parser does not check
that end tags match start tags or call the end-tag handler for
elements which are closed implicitly by closing an outer element.
\end{classdesc}

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@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ This module defines a class \class{SGMLParser} which serves as the
basis for parsing text files formatted in SGML (Standard Generalized
Mark-up Language). In fact, it does not provide a full SGML parser
--- it only parses SGML insofar as it is used by HTML, and the module
only exists as a base for the \refmodule{htmllib}\refstmodindex{htmllib}
module.
only exists as a base for the \refmodule{htmllib} module. Another
HTML parser which supports XHTML and offers a somewhat different
interface is available in the \refmodule{HTMLParser} module.
\begin{classdesc}{SGMLParser}{}