[e] (0) make notes about craziness of <embed>

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whatwg · Jul 24, 2008 · 4d4e359 · 4d4e359
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@@ -16437,6 +16437,21 @@ the time Marco had stuck his tongue out...&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <h4 id=the-embed><span class=secno>4.7.4 </span>The <dfn
    id=embed><code>embed</code></dfn> element</h4>
+  <!--
+ XXX we have all kinds of quirks we should define, as e.g. shown in:
+ http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/layout/generic/nsObjectFrame.cpp
+ http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/html/HTMLEmbedElement.cpp
+ http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/rendering/RenderPartObject.cpp (updateWidget)
+ e.g. - 240x200 default
+      - the attributes/params are sent in a name/value pair list as follows (for Gecko):
+         + attributes of the element, in source order
+         + a synthesised 'src' attribute, if there was no 'src' but
+           there was a 'data', with the value of the 'data' attribute
+         + PARAM/null
+         + the params, in source order
+        (WebKit does something different still)
+      - the HIDDEN attribute
+-->
 
   <dl class=element>
    <dt>Categories

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@@ -14077,6 +14077,22 @@ the time Marco had stuck his tongue out...&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <h4>The <dfn><code>embed</code></dfn> element</h4>
 
+<!--
+ XXX we have all kinds of quirks we should define, as e.g. shown in:
+ http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/layout/generic/nsObjectFrame.cpp
+ http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/html/HTMLEmbedElement.cpp
+ http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/rendering/RenderPartObject.cpp (updateWidget)
+ e.g. - 240x200 default
+      - the attributes/params are sent in a name/value pair list as follows (for Gecko):
+         + attributes of the element, in source order
+         + a synthesised 'src' attribute, if there was no 'src' but
+           there was a 'data', with the value of the 'data' attribute
+         + PARAM/null
+         + the params, in source order
+        (WebKit does something different still)
+      - the HIDDEN attribute
+-->
+
   <dl class="element">
    <dt>Categories</dt>
    <dd><span>Embedded content</span>.</dd>