- From: Claus Färber <list-w3c-style@faerber.muc.de>
- Date: 18 Aug 2001 12:04:00 +0200
- To: www-style@w3.org
Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> schrieb/wrote: > * Claus Färber wrote: >> what about adding regular expressions to the CSS selector syntax? > I'm in doubt there is any good reason to select parts of a text node > besides ::first-(line|letter|word). If there is something special about > a certain part of it, you should mark up it with appropriate markup. Well, it certainly is Yet Another Language Element That Can Be Abused. However, in some cases there might be no special meaning associated with the part of the text at all or the meaning might be fully reflected with existing markup. For example, I might want to write the site owner's name in a different colour. As there's no adequate element in HTML, I'd have to use something like span.myname - not really something that carries meaning. Another application might be to write every letter (or other parts of a word) in different colours; without regexps you'd have to use <span class="my">my</span><span class="name">Name</span>. Then of course, regexps for attribute selectors have a completly different are of applications. Claus -- begin Your-so-called-newsreader-is-seriously-broken unless you can read this. end http://www.faerber.muc.de
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