- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:39:58 -0700
- To: <www-html@w3.org>
Walter Ian Kaye wrote: >Could someone define what a "subwindow" is? A periscope? In context I deciphered it as "a window within a document within a window that is a viewport onto another document". Or, in other words, a secondary pane. >>Is a text/plain file a document? If so, it is rendered in a subwindow, >>entirely independent of the embedding document, and that subwindow will have >>its own default background. But non-documents must be treated differently, >>e.g.: for an image the background can be determined by the embedding >>document. > >What is a non-document? Is a PDF file not a document? It sure isn't text... The most general dictionary definition of 'document' is "a writing conveying information", so I suppose a non-document is "a non-writing conveying no information". So a PDF could be considered a document, but an image would only be a semi-non-document unless it were inappropriate, confusing, or completely transparent. Hope this helps.:) David Perrell
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