- From: Jonathan Rosenne <rosenne@netvision.net.il>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 13:54:27 +0200
- To: Bert Bos <Bert.Bos@sophia.inria.fr>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
In Hebrew we use an alphabetic numbering: Alef, Bet, ..., Tet, Yod, Yod Alef, Yod Bet, Yod Gimel, Yod Dalet, Tet Vav, Tet Zayin, Yod Zayin, Yod Het, Yod Tet, Kaf, Kaf Alef etc. The 22 letters have numerical values, 1 to 9, 10 to 90, 100 to 400, and they are combined to provide the required value. It is straightforward, except for 15 and 16. Jonathan At 11:39 09/01/98 +0100, Bert Bos wrote: >The CSS2 specification needs a way to specify numbering styles for >lists and other things, that goes beyond the small set that CSS1 >provides. I'm trying to find out how people number things in different >languages, how much of that we need in CSS, and finally, how to refer >to the numbering schemes in the CSS language. > >CSS1 has the following: > >'decimal' 1, 2, 3, 4,... >'lower-alpha' a, b, c, d,... >'upper-alpha' A, B, C, D,... >'lower-roman' i, ii, iii, iv,... >'upper-roman' I, II, III, IV,... > >I can see some variations: > > 01, 02, 03, 04,... > aa, ab, ac, ad,... > >And these are more difficult: > > one, two, three,... > first, second, third, fourth,... > un, deux, trois, quatre,... > >Different alphabets: > > [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta],... > >Symbols: > > [asterisk], [dagger], [double-dagger], [paragraph-sign],... > > > > >Bert >-- > Bert Bos ( W 3 C ) http://www.w3.org/ > http://www.w3.org/people/bos/ W3C/INRIA > bert@w3.org 2004 Rt des Lucioles / BP 93 > +33 (0)4 93 65 76 92 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France > +33 (0)4 92 38 76 92 (<--- after 5 Jan 1998) > >
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