Dave Raggett's HTML Tidy

Introduction to Tidy

Taken from the HTMLtool help file


1  When editing HTML it's easy to make mistakes. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple way to fix these mistakes automatically and tidy up sloppy editing into nicely layed out markup? Well now there is! Dave Raggett's HTML Tidy is a free utility for doing just that. It also works great on the atrociously hard to read markup generated by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools.

Tidy is able to fix up a wide range of problems and to bring to your attention things that you need to work on yourself. Each item found is listed with the line number and column so that you can see where the problem lies in your markup. Tidy won't generate a cleaned up version when there are problems that it can't be sure of how to handle. These are logged as "errors" rather than "warnings".

Tidy integration in HTMLtool

3a  HTML Tidy can be called via Tools - Tidy HTML Format and Fix from the main menu. On the appearing dialog, you can easily set Tidy's options and run Tidy.
After running Tidy, the changed HTML code is displayed in the editing window, replacing your original HTML code. (You can undo the changes made by Tidy via Edit - Undo.)
A list with the output of Tidy will pop up, where you can see which errors were found in the original HTML code. The lines that include line and column numbers can be double-clicked on, and the caret will be set to the given position in your HTML code automatically. (Please note that if Tidy changed the HTML code, those line and column numbers might refer to the original markup and hence be outdated.)

3b  There is also the possibility to call Tidy with predefined option sets: choose Tools - Tidy HTML Quick from the main menu.

Tidy on the Internet: More information on HTML Tidy can be found on http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy

EXPLOITATION

First part (paragraphs 1, 2)

1 - Find out in the text the words and phrases (expressions) meaning / Trouver dans le texte les mots et expressions signifiant

- to write
(§1) =
- to correct (mistakes)
(§1) =
- to clean, to bring order to
(§1) =
- careless (writing)
(§1) =
- a tool, a program
(§1) =
- an article
(§2) =
- to solve (problems)
(§2) =
- to register (problems)
(§2) =

2 - Find out in the text the English equivalents for / Trouver dans le texte l'équivalent anglais de

- bien agencé (§1) =
- balisage (§1) =
- faire merveille (§1) =
- une gamme (§2) =
- un avertissement, une alerte (§2) =

3 - Give the order in which the words in the following phrases are to be translated / Donner l'ordre de traduction des expressions suivantes

a - specialized HTML editors and conversion tools

traduction / translation:

b - atrociously hard to read markup

traduction / translation:

Second part (paragraph 3)

1 -Find out in the text the English equivalents for  / Trouver dans le texte l'équivalent anglais de

- le menu principal =
- la fenêtre d'édition =
- surgir (instantanément) =
- cliquer deux fois sur =
- signe d'insertion =
- périmé =

2 - Find out in the text the words and phrases meaning / Trouver dans le texte les mots et expressions signifiant

- through =
- initial =
- to reverse =
- consequently =

3 - Put the following sentences in the passive form / Mettre les phrases suivantes à la forme passive

- You can easily set Tidy's options =
- You can undo the changes made by Tidy =

4 - Put the following sentences in the active form / Mettre les phrases suivantes à la forme active

- HTML Tidy can be called via Tools … =
- the lines that include the numbers can be double-clicked on =

 


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© Christian Lassure - EFT
Le 23 mars 2006 / March 26th, 2006 - Remanié le 6 mai 2006 / Revised on May 6th, 2006

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