Re: shr - span elements with title attribute, tooltip?

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:59:21 +0200 asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote: 

AS> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:33:04 -0500, Ted wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:17:57 +0200 asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) wrote: 
AS> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:58:52 -0500, Ted wrote:

>>>> What if two such titled span elements are nested?

AS> When in HTML-land, do as the browser do, I'd say. I.e. last/closest one
AS> wins:

AS> * http://koldfront.dk/misc/gnus/span.html

AS> (If you save the example, you can use M-x shr-visit-file to check if it
AS> works as in the browser of your choice.)

>> The problem is that shr.el is not as capable as a web browser so it's
>> hard to tell what spans are nested and how.  So you don't necessarily
>> know what you're pointing to.  This is actually a problem in regular web
>> browsers too--I use the Chrome and Firebug "inspect element" all the
>> time.

AS> Did you actually try it, or are you just speculating?

`shr-visit-file' on that URL gives me (first line is underlined):

"span

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle
and Environs."

...which I took to indicate nested spans are not easy to differentiate
visually with shr.el.  (Actually I tested it originally on my own file
but same idea.)  Did I do something wrong?

Anyhow, what's wrong with a "toggle-titles" command for shr.el?

Thanks
Ted