- From: Markus Ernst <derernst@gmx.ch>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:04:16 +0200
Am 14.06.2011 09:32 schrieb Ian Hickson: > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Markus Ernst wrote: >> >> Instead of a new paragraph concept, there could also be a new concept >> for inline (resp. Phrasing Content) lists. The concept is actually not >> too new - for quotes, e.g., we've had both block level<blockquote> and >> an inline level<q> elements for long. Why not the same for lists? >> Consider this markup of Andy's use case: >> >> <p>I always like to eat these cheeses: >> <il> >> <ili>Cheddar</ili>, >> <ili>Stilton</ili>, and >> <ili>Red Lester</ili>, >> </il> >> but I enjoy them most with one of these biscuits: >> <il> >> <ili>wheat crackers</ili>, >> <ili>rye crackers</ili>, >> <ili>digestives</ili>, >> </il> >> and some chutney.</p> >> >> <il> stands for "inline list",<ili> for "inline list item" (it's a pity >> we can't reuse<li> for BC reasons). Conforming UAs would be required to >> ignore any content in an<il> element, except it is in an<ili> element. >> Like that, the above example would be perfectly readable in legacy UAs, >> but make sense in HTML5-capable UAs. >> >> It would even be easy to stlye the output for legacy UAs supporting >> display:list-item, as this example illustrates: >> http://www.markusernst.ch/stuff_for_the_world/list-test.html > > What problem does this solve? It solves the first use case Jukka mentioned in his original post: Am 10.03.2011 09:20 schrieb Jukka K. Korpela: > The <p> element (ever since it became an element) has always allowed > inline (text-level) content only, and no change is planned to this in > HTML5. Under these circumstances, what should we say to people to > need to use paragraphs that contain lists, for example?
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