Re: [CSS21] Text-decoration "inheritance" from Boris Zbarsky on 2003-10-01 (www-style@w3.org from October 2003)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:10:53 -0400
To: staffan.mahlen@comhem.se
Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Message-Id: <200310011710.h91HArhC013740@nerd-xing.mit.edu>

> An example:
> 
> <p>Text<img src="dummy.png"/><span>More text</span></p>

A different example:

<span style="text-decoration: underline">2<sup>2</sup> = 4</span>

What should be underlined, and how?  Notice the difference between the CSS21
proposal and just inheriting the text-decoration in this case.

Boris
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