Messages

"file" (line#, colum#), class and message-id, message

  file           input file that caused message; file names surrounded by
                 "[" and "]" indicate pseudo-filenames like macros.
  line#,         position in input file that caused error
  colum#
  class          one of Note, Warning, Error or Fatal error
  message        message text

Message Classes

Bad style informs the user that his altough legal HTML-code includes constructs that indicate a bad style. It can be suppressed using IGNORE.

Portability problem informs the user that his altough legal HTML-code includes constructs can lead to problems on old or buggy browsers.IGNORE.

Warning tells you that your source includes some problematic parts, that can lead to problems with several browsers. It can be suppressed using IGNORE.

Error indicates that there is something wrong with your HTML-source. No output is written.

Fatal error tells you that something terrible has happened and there is no way to continue the conversion. No output is written.

error1:

Undocumented.

error1:

Undocumented.

fatal3: unexpected end of file

There are still characters to be read from input, but the file already ends. Usualy, hsc tells you what it still expects to come.

error4:

Undocumented.

error5:

Undocumented.

fatal6: can not open file for input

An input file could not been opened. A more detailed message that tells you why is displayed, too.

error7:

Undocumented.

error8:

Undocumented.

error9:

Undocumented.

style10: "click here" syndrome detected

A keyword defined with the global attribute __CLICK_HERE__ has been found within the text inside an anchor specification.

Ok, now again in english: you used some term like "Click here" inside the text describing a link. This is very clumsy and should be avoided; see Composing Good HTML for details.

error11: unknown tag <tag>

You refered to an unknown tag or macro.

error12: tag <tag> occured too often

A tag that is expected to occure only once appeared at least twice. Remove all unneccessary occurences of the tag.

warning13: unmatched end-tag <tag>

You called a end-tag without using the corresponding start-tag before.

warning14: illegal end-tag nesting

Undocumented. A end-tag appeard where a different end-tag was expected to appear before. Example: instead of

        <B><I>bold and italic</B></I>

you should write

        <B><I>bold and italic</I></B>

warning15: required tag <tag> missing

A tag that is required for every document is missing.

warning16: end-tag <tag> missing

You called an start-tag, but didn't end it. Insert the required end-tag.

error17:

Undocumented.

warning18: unknown entity

You used an entity, that hsc doesn't know. This can happen if you made a typo, or the entity has not been defined within hsc.prefs.

error19:

Undocumented.

error20: reference to unknown attribute

You referered to an attribute that doesn't exist at all.

warning21: path to URI not found: file

A tag points to a local resource that doesn't exist.

warning22: argument without quote

You passed a value to an attribute, but did not embed it into single or double quotes. This can lead to problems with older browsers.

error23: empty reference to attribute attrib

An attribute referes to an attribute that has been defined, but no value has been set for. Usually, you try to refer to an attribute inside a macro, that no value has been passed to within the call of the macro.

error24:

Undocumented.

style25: <BLINK> sucks

Some browser support the non-HTML-tag <BLINK>. It is used to make text blinking, which annoys many users. Additionally, most of them don't know how to configure their browser that it doesn't blink, so you really should avoid it.

error26:

Undocumented.

error27:

Undocumented.

error28:

Undocumented.

error29:

Undocumented.

error30: unmatched ">"

A "greater than" sign appeared inside the text. You should write ">" instead. This can also happen, if you made an error calling a tag, and hsc's parser couln't recover.

error31:

Undocumented.

error32:

Undocumented.

error33:

Undocumented.

error34:

Undocumented.

error35: unknown value value for enumerator attribute attrib

You tried to set an enumerator to a value it doesn't support.

error36:

Undocumented.

warning37: tag <tag> is obsolete

The tag was defined within some old HTML-version, but should not be used any more (eg. <LISTING>).

warning38: tag <tag> is only used by jerks

This tag is no legal HTML-tag and is only supportet by special browsers.

error39:

Undocumented.

error40:

Undocumented.

error41:

Undocumented.

error42:

Undocumented.

error43: unknown attribute option option

You defined a new attribute, but used an option that is unknown.

error44: required attribute attrib missing

An attribute that is required has not been set within the call of a tag or macro.

error45:

Undocumented.

note46: replaced char by entity

Informs you that a special character (non-7-bit-ASCII) has been replaced by it's corresponding entity.

error47:

Undocumented.

error48:

Undocumented.

error49:

Undocumented.

error50:

Undocumented.

note51: quote found inside text

A quote has been found inside the text. This doesn't indicate any problems, I think, but can someone tell me why they invented "&quot"? Probably only to be used inside strings, I think..

error52:

Undocumented.

error53:

Undocumented.

error54:

Undocumented.

error55:

Undocumented.

error56:

Undocumented.

error57:

Undocumented.

error58:

Undocumented.

error59:

Undocumented.

error60: tag <tag> must be inside tag <tag>

Before you are allowed to use the first tag, the second tag has to occure before. Example: <INPUT> may only occure inside <FORM>.

error61: tag <tag> not allowed within tag <tag>

A tag occures inside another tag that doesn't allowe this. For example, you can't recursively use <A> inside <A>.

error62: no attributes allowed for end-tags

You tried to pass values to a end-tag or macro. If you need an attribute for a end-macro only, you still have to define and pass it within the opening macro.

warning63: redefinance of attribute attrib

You redefined an alredy existing attribute. If this occures during the definition of a new macro, you just tried to give two arguments the same name.

error64:

Undocumented.

error65:

Undocumented.

error66: illegal end-tag

You tried to use a simple tag as a container.

error67:

Undocumented.

error68:

Undocumented.

error69:

Undocumented.

error70:

Undocumented.

error71:

Undocumented.