From 64adce8b82c332b3855cdfaaa71afc984ffc4ca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juan Rada-Vilela Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:24:58 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Bug 485701: Fixes angle brackets (< and >) not escaped in HTML formula alt text --- src/htmldocvisitor.cpp | 18 ------------------ 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/htmldocvisitor.cpp b/src/htmldocvisitor.cpp index d8913e11ee3..0ce40302fde 100644 --- a/src/htmldocvisitor.cpp +++ b/src/htmldocvisitor.cpp @@ -1904,24 +1904,6 @@ void HtmlDocVisitor::filterQuotedCdataAttr(const char* str) case '"': m_t << """; break; case '<': m_t << "<"; break; case '>': m_t << ">"; break; - // For SGML compliance, and given the SGML declaration for HTML syntax, - // it's enough to replace these two, provided that the declaration - // for the HTML version we generate (and as supported by the browser) - // specifies that all the other symbols used in rawVal are - // within the right character class (i.e., they're not - // some multinational weird characters not in the BASESET). - // We assume that 1) the browser will support whatever is remaining - // in the formula and 2) the TeX formulae are generally governed - // by even stricter character restrictions so it should be enough. - // - // On some incompliant browsers, additional translation of - // '>' and '<' into ">" and "<", respectively, might be needed; - // but I'm unaware of particular modern (last 4 years) versions - // with such problems, so let's not do it for performance. - // Also, some brousers will (wrongly) not process the entity references - // inside the attribute value and show the &...; form instead, - // so we won't create entites unless necessary to minimize clutter there. - // --vassilii default: m_t << c; } }