hixie: Add a note about type=text vs type=search (whatwg r3845)

hixie: Add a note about type=text vs type=search (whatwg r3845)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3011&r2=1.3012&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3844&to=3845

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3011
retrieving revision 1.3012
diff -u -d -r1.3011 -r1.3012
--- Overview.html 14 Sep 2009 10:58:16 -0000 1.3011
+++ Overview.html 14 Sep 2009 11:16:48 -0000 1.3012
@@ -28722,7 +28722,11 @@
   this section apply.</p>
 
   </div><p>The <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a one line
-  plain text edit control for the element's <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>.<div class="impl">
+  plain text edit control for the element's <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>.<p class="note">The difference between the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-text">Text</a> state and the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-search">Search</a> state is primarily
+  stylistic: on platforms where search fields are distinguished from
+  regular text fields, the <a href="#text-state-and-search-state" title="attr-input-type-search">Search</a> state might result in
+  an appearance consistent with the platform's search fields rather
+  than appearing like a regular text field.<div class="impl">
 
   <p>If the element is <i title="concept-input-mutable"><a href="#concept-input-mutable">mutable</a></i>,
   its <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> should be editable

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