- From: T. V. Raman <raman@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 14:49:31 -0800
- To: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>
- Cc: WAI HC Working Group <w3c-wai-hc@w3.org>
No no no. Please do not try to turn CSS into some kind of recursive CPP like language --we'll all live to regret it. Jason White writes: > Daniel recently directed my attention to a submission that has just been > made to the W3C: > http://www.w3.org/Submission/1997/16/ > > which discusses a system of transformation properties that is compatible > with CSS syntax. If the CSS working group considered it appropriate to add > such functionality to CSS 2, then in addition to the properties mentioned > in the submission, it would presumably also be possible to include a > property that would permit the insertion by the style sheet of text > fragments, including markup, into the document. Styles could then be > applied recursively to generate the desired output. > > Thus, for example, one could define two properties, perhaps called > INSERT-BEFORE and INSERT-AFTER, the function of which would be to insert > strings of characters, comprising both text and markup, into the document. > The text would of course be marked up in the object language, and once it > had been inserted, all relevant styles would then be applied. > > I recognise that such a proposal would amount to a fairly radical > extension of CSS 2, but if the submission cited above is taken seriously, > on other grounds, then the WAI could capitalise on it by suggesting the > inclusion of the properties which I have described, as a solution to the > generic prefix/suffix text issue. > -- Best Regards, --raman Adobe Systems Tel: 1 (408) 536 3945 (W14-129) Advanced Technology Group Fax: 1 (408) 537 4042 (W14 129) 345 Park Avenue Email: raman@adobe.com San Jose , CA 95110 -2704 Email: raman@cs.cornell.edu http://labrador.corp.adobe.com/~raman/ (Adobe Intranet) http://cs.cornell.edu/home/raman/raman.html (Cornell) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are my own and in no way should be taken as representative of my employer, Adobe Systems Inc. ____________________________________________________________
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