Re: ReComments on Cougar DTD:

In article <199607211517.LAA22821@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>,
Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> > It would require a lot of careful coding to do this with style sheets.
> > What if you use the same bullet for two different lists, and decide
> > to switch bullets in one of the lists? You would also be changing the
> > appearance of the other list.
> 
> If the lists are semantically connected, then when one changes the other
> should too. If the lists are not semantically connected (I.e. lists of the same 
> "type"), then they should have different classes. It's a simple rule.

This would then mean that I end up with, say, ten classes which all
indicate a red ball as bullet for the list. Hm.

But again, if inline style markup is going to be in Cougar (the STYLE
attribute), why not allow 'shortcuts' for certain often-used constructs?
It would be similar to having <CENTER> next to <DIV ALIGN=CENTER>, or
<FONT FACE=times> next to <SPAN STYLE="font: times">.

Galactus
PS: My CSS1 is a bit rusty, but I hope you get the idea.
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Received on Sunday, 21 July 1996 14:05:14 UTC