This section describes unsupported, supported and special HTML tags as applied to jHelp. Generally, tags not defined in HTML 2 are not supported. This currently includes tables and frames. (There are some higher level tags that are supported, see Supported, below.)
The following HTML 2, tags or attributes are not supported:
ISINDEX
LINK
FORM
META
NEXTID
TAB
XMP
COMPACT (attribute in lists)
WIDTH (attribute in PREformatted text)
WIDTH, HEIGHT, ALT, ISMAP (attributes of IMG.)
For IMG tags, note that only BOTTOM and MIDDLE values for ALIGN are supported. ABSMIDDLE is treated as MIDDLE. Default image alignment is BOTTOM.
The following HTML tags which are not defined in HTML 2 are supported:
<BASE HREF=...>
HREF=path - Can be used to override the default base path of the document for links.
<BASEFONT FACE=... SIZE=...>
FACE=typefacename - Used to override the default font face (Serif.) It is recommended that
Java 1.1 names be used, Serif, Sansserif, and Monospaced.
SIZE=size - Override the size of the default font (3.) Note that the value
used is the HTML-style size, and not the Java point size.
<DIV ALIGN=...></DIV>
ALIGN=LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER - Division alignment is implemented to facilitate generating
documents with HTML 3.2 editors.
<H# ALIGN=...></H#>
ALIGN=LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER - Header alignment is implemented to facilitate generating
documents with HTML 3.2 editors.
<OL START=...>
START=number - overrides default starting number(1) in ordered lists. In nested list, will
produce corresponding alphabetic character, e.g. 1=A, 2=B, etc.
<P ALIGN=...></P>
ALIGN=LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER - Paragraph alignment is implemented to facilitate generating
documents with HTML 3.2 editors.
<S></S>
Strikethrough characters.
Coded characters include those characters of the HTML 2 document set as set forth in ISO-8859-1 and specified in "SGML Declaration for HTML."
While not a part of the HTML 2 specification, the following named entities may be used in lieu of standard coded characters:
< - less-than
> - greater-than
" - double-quotation mark
- non-breaking space
© - copyright symbol
® - registered trademark;
<INDEX></INDEX>
A special tag used to set off a word or phrase that will be used in generating an index.
<KEYWORD VALUE=...>
VALUE="word or phrase" - A special tag used to include a word or phrase in the
index, but not displayed in the document.
<UNDERLINE ON> or <UNDERLINE OFF>
Turns hyperlink underlining ON or OFF