- From: Anne van Kesteren via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:01:38 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/html4-differences
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv29775
Modified Files:
Overview.html Overview.src.html
Log Message:
more IRC comments from markp
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/html4-differences/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.64
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -d -r1.64 -r1.65
--- Overview.html 15 Apr 2009 21:56:28 -0000 1.64
+++ Overview.html 15 Apr 2009 22:01:36 -0000 1.65
@@ -699,8 +699,9 @@
<p>The new <code>form</code> attribute for <code>input</code>,
<code>output</code>, <code>select</code>, <code>textarea</code>,
<code>button</code> and <code>fieldset</code> elements allows for
- controls to be associated with a form (e.g. one they are not a
- descendant of).
+ controls to be associated with a form. I.e. these elements can now be
+ placed anywhere on a page, not just as descendants of the
+ <code>form</code> element.
<li>
<p>The new <code>required</code> attribute applies to <code>input</code>
@@ -730,9 +731,10 @@
<p>The <code>input</code> and <code>button</code> elements have
<code>formaction</code>, <code>formenctype</code>,
<code>formmethod</code>, <code>formnovalidate</code>, and
- <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. They are equivalent to the
- attributes not prefixed with <code>form</code> on the <code>form</code>
- element and override those.</p>
+ <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. If present, they override the
+ <code>action</code>, <code>enctype</code>, <code>method</code>,
+ <code>novalidate</code>, and <code>target</code> attributes on the
+ <code>form</code> element.</p>
<li>
<p>The <code>menu</code> element has two new attributes:
@@ -870,7 +872,7 @@
parser section.
<p>The following elements are not in HTML 5 because their effect is
- purely presentational and whose function is better handled by CSS:
+ purely presentational and their function is better handled by CSS:
<ul>
<li><code>basefont</code>
Index: Overview.src.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/html4-differences/Overview.src.html,v
retrieving revision 1.43
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -d -r1.43 -r1.44
--- Overview.src.html 15 Apr 2009 21:56:28 -0000 1.43
+++ Overview.src.html 15 Apr 2009 22:01:36 -0000 1.44
@@ -606,8 +606,9 @@
<li><p>The new <code>form</code> attribute for <code>input</code>,
<code>output</code>, <code>select</code>, <code>textarea</code>,
<code>button</code> and <code>fieldset</code> elements allows for
- controls to be associated with a form (e.g. one they are not a
- descendant of).
+ controls to be associated with a form. I.e. these elements can now be
+ placed anywhere on a page, not just as descendants of the
+ <code>form</code> element.</p></li>
<li><p>The new <code>required</code> attribute applies to
<code>input</code> (except when the <code>type</code> attribute is
@@ -633,9 +634,10 @@
<li><p>The <code>input</code> and <code>button</code> elements have
<code>formaction</code>, <code>formenctype</code>,
<code>formmethod</code>, <code>formnovalidate</code>, and
- <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. They are equivalent to the
- attributes not prefixed with <code>form</code> on the
- <code>form</code> element and override those.</p>
+ <code>formtarget</code> as new attributes. If present, they override
+ the <code>action</code>, <code>enctype</code>, <code>method</code>,
+ <code>novalidate</code>, and <code>target</code> attributes on the
+ <code>form</code> element.</p>
<li><p>The <code>menu</code> element has two new attributes:
<code>type</code> and <code>label</code>. They
@@ -723,9 +725,9 @@
<li><p>The <code>b</code> element now represents a span of text to be
stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra
- importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a
- review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is
- emboldened.</p></li>
+ importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in
+ a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic
+ presentation is emboldened.</p></li>
<li><p>The <code>hr</code> element now represents a paragraph-level
thematic break.
@@ -760,7 +762,7 @@
is handled by the parser section.</p>
<p>The following elements are not in HTML 5 because their effect is
- purely presentational and whose function is better handled by CSS:</p>
+ purely presentational and their function is better handled by CSS:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>basefont</code>
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