- From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:56:33 +0200
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Jim Ley wrote:
> Yes, but that's just a minor change to the text selection rules
> (select
> all text contents of the outer text element.) it's not something that
> motivates the need for tspan:
>
> <text x="1em" y="1em">Hello <tspan dx="2em"
> dy="2em">World</tspan></text>
> Would seem to be identical to:
>
> <text x="1em" y="1em">Hello <text dx="2em"
> dy="2em">World</text></text>
I find Thomas' explanation of the reasons for tspan very sensible.
A tspan ("inline", ~span) is something different from a text ("block",
~p/div).
Tobi
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