- From: Jelks Cabaniss <jelks@jelks.nu>
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 00:36:53 -0400
- To: <www-style@w3.org>
> > So you think that CSS2's generated content is bad? As in:
> >
> > Q:before { content: open-quote; }
> > Q:after { content: close-quote; }
>
> Depends. If the quotes are part of the content (as I think they would be
> most of the time), then this should not be used any more than a <PERIOD> tag
> should be used in place of one of these. I think that case would be the
> norm. I think the construct you describe is only appropriate for quotes that
> are there for decorative purposes.
True. But the rest of the examples of "Generated Content" (section 12, CSS2)
aren't just decorative like curly-quotes. Or are they?:
P.note:before { content: "Note: " }
Style *is* decorative; does that *preclude* generated content to a decorative
end?
/Jelks
Received on Thursday, 22 October 1998 00:43:13 UTC