Re: LC 695, quotes, Q and CSS

Hi Christophe,

I posted a solution to make IE render quotation marks for the q
element on my website today [1]. It's not a CSS solution, but does
have the advantage that developers can use the element according to
the spec.

[1] http://juicystudio.com/article/fixing-ie-quotes.php

Best regards,

Gez

On 24/08/06, Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The minutes of last week's telecon say: "refer LC-695 [1] back to committee
> to investigate Gez's proposal of using CSS to generate the language
> appropriate quotes".
> I wonder if there was a misunderstanding about CSS support in IE for
> generating quotation marks.
>
> I have looked at several ways of using CSS to generate quotation marks [2].
>
> (1) q:before { content: open-quote } q:after  { content: close-quote }
> This generates quotation marks in Firefox 1.0, Mozilla 1.7.3, Opera 7.54
> and 8.02 (all on Windows).
> In Internet Explorer 6, this does not generate quotation marks.
> These browsers behave the same regardless whether the CSS contains the
> above rule or not.
>
> (2) q:before { content: """; }  q:after { content: """; }
> This generates quotation marks in Firefox 1.0, Mozilla 1.7.3, Opera 7.54
> and 8.02 (all on Windows). Of course, the quotation marks are the same
> regardless of the level of embedding of the quotes.
> In Internet Explorer 6, this does not generate quotation marks.
>
> (3) q { quotes: '"' '"' "'" "'" }
> This generates quotation marks in Firefox 1.0, Mozilla 1.7.3, Opera 7.54
> and 8.02 (all on Windows). However, Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla 1.7.3, only
> apply the first pair of quotes, i.e. also for nested quotes.
> In Internet Explorer 6, this does not generate quotation marks.
>
> (4) q:lang(en) { quotes: '"' '"' "'" "'" } q:lang(no) { quotes: "«" "»" "<"
> ">" }
> This generates quotation marks in Firefox 1.0, Mozilla 1.7.3, Opera 7.54
> and 8.02 (all on Windows). However, Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla 1.7.3, only
> apply the first pair of quotes, i.e. also for nested quotes.
> In Internet Explorer 6, this does not generate quotation marks.
>
> I can't think if any way to make IE render quotation marks by means of CSS.
> Have I overlooked something or is the resolution the result of a
> misunderstanding during the teleconference?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christophe
>
> [1]
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/issue-tracking/viewdata_individual.php?id=695
> [2] See CSS spec for more on this:
> www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/generate.html#quotes-specify
>
>
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