Re: Minor error in CSS2, section 14.2; 'background'

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
To: gordon <gordon@quartz.gly.fsu.edu>
Cc: 'www-style' <www-style@w3.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Minor error in CSS2, section 14.2; 'background'


>
>
>gordon wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Braden N. McDaniel <braden@shadow.net>
>
>> > If the HTML node had "historically not been rendered", we would not be
>> able
>> > to see HTML documents in browsers! The BODY and HEAD nodes are children
of
>> > the HTML node. Thus, if the HTML node is not rendered, by definition
one
>> > would not be able to see its children.
>>
>> This is downright silly as it asserts that one faces an all-or-nothing
>> scenario in which case one would also render the head node as well.
>
>No, not silly at all. And not an all or nothing scenario either, except
>that it is I suppose all or nothing on a per element basis.
>
>It just requires looking at a tree structured view. Or to put it another
>way, noting that an element includes its start tag, its end tag, and all
>of its content (including its children).
>
>So clearly, the HTML element is rendered - otherwise nothing would be
>seen. And clearly, the HEAD element is not rendered. In other words
>
>html > head {display: none }
>html > body {display: block }
>
>not
>
>html { display: none}
>
>which would produce completely empty result trees and thus, no content.
>
>--
>Chris
>
>

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