Bug 460174 – dev-python/markdown: non valid HTML5 in footnotes

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description pferor 2013-03-03 20:07:47 UTC]

Invalid HTML5 when using Markdown footnotes (dev-python/markdown)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use footnote extension in Python Mardkwon
2. Generate the HTML code
Actual Results:  
<a href="#fnref:abc" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a>

Expected Results:  
<a href="#fnref:abc" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a>

The "rev" attribute on the a element is obsolete (source: http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/a.html)

[Comment 1 pferor 2013-03-03 20:10:44 UTC]

Solution:

In file: /usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/markdown/extensions/footnotes.py
Line #136

Just comment that line.

   -       backlink.set("rev", "footnote")
   +     # backlink.set("rev", "footnote")

[Comment 2 Dirkjan Ochtman (RETIRED) 2013-03-04 08:05:43 UTC]

This sounds like an upstream bug.

[Comment 3 pferor 2013-04-10 20:01:14 UTC]

This issue has been resolved in the last version, which discriminates checking the HTML version to use.

[Comment 4 pferor 2013-04-10 20:02:23 UTC]

This issue has been resolved in the last version, which discriminates checking the HTML version to use.