[VE][html5] Little bug in escape error

[Mail.TeMc]

I cite from the validation page:

Line 82, Column 180: & did not start a character reference. (& probably should have been escaped as &.

As you see the ampersand got double encoded.  It's mentioned 4 times as & , where as it only be once (the last one).

The first three mentions of the ampersand should simply be shown on the validator as "&" (which in the sourcecode of the validator is entity escaped / encoded as &). And only the 4th mention of it should only be double encoded (" & which will echo as & ) - wheares the 4th mention is currently tripple esacaped (the source says: & )

More experienced users will probebly undersand this error mesage regardless, but it's an annoying little thing that might cause other things to become like this aswell.

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Greetings,

Tem Corner

Validating http://www.vaneckblues.nl/nieuws/spotlight/mighty-mo-rodgers/

Error [html5]: ""

[Ville Skyttä]

On Thursday 29 October 2009, Mail.TeMc wrote:
> I cite from the validation page:
>
> Line 82, Column 180: & did not start a character reference.
> (& probably should have been escaped as &.
>
> As you see the ampersand got double encoded.  It's mentioned 4 times
> as & , where as it only be once (the last one).

The fix for this issue has been in the development version of the validator
some time already and will be included in the next validator release.
http://qa-dev.w3.org/wmvs/HEAD/