- From: Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:14:27 +0100
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
- CC: "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org>
On 16/03/2011 17:50, L. David Baron wrote: > On Wednesday 2011-03-16 09:19 -0700, L. David Baron wrote: >> # If a shortened line box is too small to contain any further >> # content, then it is shifted downward until either it fits or >> # there are no more floats present. >> >> (And, yeah, "further content" here should probably just say >> "content", as I think you've pointed out.) > > Actually, I'd be a little hesitant to make this change, since saying > "further content" or now "content after the floats" covers up the > ambiguity in float rule #6 that I mentioned in > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Mar/0358.html (There's no ambiguity, as I've just described in [1]. There's merely sloppy/misleading wording in the 9.5 introductory text.) Regarding "further content", please see [2,3]. However, I'd be happy with something like your suggested s/further content/content after the float(s)/ My argument against "further" is that it lacks a referent. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2011Mar/0394.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2010Aug/0181.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2010Sep/0053.html Cheers, Anton Prowse http://dev.moonhenge.net
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