- From: by way of Bert Bos <mira@cc.jyu.fi>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 19:31:46 +0100
- To: www-style@w3.org
Shelby Moore wrote: >>>>Ok well you write the algorithm that you propose we include in the >>>> CSS spec, preferably compatible with the majority of CSS' users' >>>> languages >>> >>>End of sentence character. >> >>Do you mean that one would use style like >> sentence-end-of-character: "."; > > No I think we were referring to a new EOS character, e.g. &eos; If we start putting extra characters to point out where sentence borders are, why not just markup it correctly? For example: <s>This is a sentence.</s><s>This is an another sentence.</s> That way we can use CSS we have today to style the text as we like and we don't have the same problems we have with the <br> today. > In my last response, I stated that I think sentence parsers are > better way to go. And that I bet parsers exist, even I don't have > time to research them. Sentence parsers sound great, but I'm afraid we aren't seeing any of those in any browser in next N+2 years. Probably never, if the only reason to have them is to have slight improvement in rendering. In addition, such a parser should be able to decipher incorrect grammar and typing mistakes to be usable in normal web pages. -- Mikko
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