On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > > > > > To use <pre><code> like <blockcode>, one would have to style it with > > > > > > pre>code:only-child { display: block; } > > > > Hm? Why? > > Where this is the need to apply styles to block of code, such as a > background colour or border, but those styles don't need to apply all > pre elements in general. Oh, well, sure. That's a CSS limitation, though, which should be fixed in CSS. Not something that we want to have unduly affect the language design. > Would you not have caught the error while previewing in your browser, > before publishing? Although, as I said earlier, a CMS should enforce the > well-formedness too, not just the end user. Who said anything about a CMS? The WHATWG specs, for instance, are hand- written. It is very easy (happens all the time) for me to introduce syntax errors that I don't notice for ages (since I often don't check the output, I just suddenly save and go off somewhere, half-way through edits). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'Received on Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:45:06 UTC
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