* be a larger change which I do not have permission to do at the moment.
*/
protected void renderAltText(String altText,
MCSAttributes attributes) throws ProtocolException {
// Copy the tag attrs into something we can use with SPAN
SpanAttributes spanAttrs = new SpanAttributes ();
spanAttrs.copy(attributes);
// Write out a SPAN tag with the fallback text in it, using the
// styles of the original PAPI tag.
writeOpenSpan (spanAttrs);
OutputBufferWriter writer = getContentWriter();
try {