- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 08:14:41 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- cc: <www-style@w3.org>
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
>
> For example
>
> <link rel="stylesheet" media="aural" href="foo.css" />
>
> Where foo.css is like
>
> @import url("tv.css") tv;
I believe that the HTML and CSS specs are intended to make tv.css in the
above scenario never be used. As I understand it a media-dependant @import
is only useful in a stylesheet that applies to all media. In the case
above, foo.css only applies to aural media, and tv.css only applies to
aural media AND tv media -- but since they are mutually exclusive, that
means that tv.css is never used.
> This is an invalid statement. Authors must define media="all" if rules
> apply to all media types. The default value of the media attribute in
> (X)HTML and so XML is "screen".
This is an acknowledged error in the spec. The default should be 'all' not
'screen'.
> Now let's say I'm using a screen media user-agent and tell it to print
> the document. What media type is the user-agent of now?
Print (and only print).
The media types (with the exception of 'all') are mutually exclusive.
> This leads me as an author to say I always have to declare media="all"
> if the style sheet is not very special for a certain media.
I strongly agree; IMHO almost all stylesheets should apply to all media.
It has been proposed that a system such as CC/PP be used to extend media
types in a way such as described in the HTML4 spec as a potential
improvement. I don't know what the status of this proposal is now.
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