- From: Todd Fahrner <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 19:08:25 -0700
- To: "Joel N. Weber II" <devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, Chris.Lilley@sophia.inria.fr
- Cc: liam@htmlhelp.com, www-style@w3.org
At 9:44 PM -0400 7/30/97, Joel N. Weber II wrote: >I'm quite likely to arrange for !important declarations in reader style >sheets in GNU E-scpae to take precedence over !important declarations >in author style sheets. I haven't yet decided whether this will be handled >by ignoring the !important attribute on author style sheets, or by >swapping the prioirties of user vs author style sheets for !important, >or making it user-configurable, or what. > >So, I'd be interested in hearing any arguements on which particular >technique is best. I can't see any benefit to inverting the order. I'd just ignore authorial !important. I'm still waiting for a single plausible example of where overriding a user's (well-considered) !important would be anything but silly. ________________________________________ Todd Fahrner mailto:fahrner@pobox.com http://www.verso.com/ The printed page transcends space and time. The printed page, the infinitude of books, must be transcended. THE ELECTRO-LIBRARY. --El Lissitzky, 1923
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