[Zope] RE: [ZOPE Collector] Zope Bug entry: An alt attribute of img elem ent inserted by Image objects ent inserted by Image objects

[Brian Lloyd]

> > It's not required, actually, just recommended, and a 
> filename is better than
> > NOTHING, which is what he proposed.  I'd definately be -3 
> on this one.
> > Actually, I'd rather see BORDER=0 be the default.  I've yet 
> to find a single
> > person who wants a border on their images...
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> 
> 1.
> 'alt' IS required, look at DTD:
> <!ATTLIST IMG
> ....
> src %URI;	#REQUIRED -- URI of image to embed --
> alt %Text;	#REQUIRED -- short description --
> ....
>  >
> 
> 2.
> The way you want every single image will leave some garbage on the 
> screen when you browse with Lynx, even if it has only meaning for GUI 
> browsers.

Ok - I propose that image.tag() and .__str__ will:

  o use the content of the 'title' property if defined

  o otherwise generate alt=""

  o include border="0" by default

Unless people complain loudly, I'll put on the benevolent 
dictator hat and have this is 2.2.1 (should be out tomorrow) :)


Brian Lloyd        brian@digicool.com
Software Engineer  540.371.6909              
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