hixie: mention that paragraph and line breaks can be marked up in different ways. (whatwg r5356)

hixie: mention that paragraph and line breaks can be marked up in
different ways. (whatwg r5356)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4272&r2=1.4273&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5355&to=5356

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--- Overview.html 26 Aug 2010 01:56:58 -0000 1.4272
+++ Overview.html 26 Aug 2010 02:56:10 -0000 1.4273
@@ -14290,7 +14290,11 @@
     <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlparagraphelement">HTMLParagraphElement</dfn> : <a href="#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {};</pre>
    </dd>
   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-p-element">p</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a
-  <a href="#paragraph">paragraph</a>.<div class="example">
+  <a href="#paragraph">paragraph</a>.<p class="note">While paragraphs are usually represented in visual
+  media by blocks of text that are physically separated from adjacent
+  blocks through blank lines, a style sheet or user agent would be
+  equally justified in presenting paragraph breaks in a different
+  manner, for instance using inline pilcrows (&para;).<div class="example">
    <p>The following examples are conforming HTML fragments:</p>
    <pre>&lt;p&gt;The little kitten gently seated himself on a piece of
 carpet. Later in his life, this would be referred to as the time the
@@ -16750,7 +16754,11 @@
     <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlbrelement">HTMLBRElement</dfn> : <a href="#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {};</pre>
    </dd>
   </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-br-element">br</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a line
-  break.<p><code><a href="#the-br-element">br</a></code> elements must be used only for line breaks that
+  break.<p class="note">While line breaks are usually represented in visual
+  media by physically moving subsequent text to a new line, a style
+  sheet or user agent would be equally justified in causing line
+  breaks to be rendered in a different manner, for instance as green
+  dots, or as extra spacing.<p><code><a href="#the-br-element">br</a></code> elements must be used only for line breaks that
   are actually part of the content, as in poems or addresses.<div class="example">
 
   <p>The following example is correct usage of the <code><a href="#the-br-element">br</a></code>
@@ -68923,6 +68931,7 @@
   Ted Mielczarek,
   Terrence Wood,
   Thomas Broyer,
+  Thomas Koetter,
   Thomas O'Connor,
   Tim Altman,
   Tim Johansson,

Received on Thursday, 26 August 2010 02:56:58 UTC