- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:03:26 +1100
- To: Sebastian Gräßl <sebastian.graessl@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
Sebastian Gräßl wrote:
> For a long time now i have the idea of an Syntax change in CSS.
> I think it should be more like a DOM-Tree.
> In fact it should only have the ability to write definitions in
> defintitions.
> A short Example:
>
> ul {
> li {}
> }
>
> but it should be still possible, and that's something important to
> slowly introduce it, to write:
It is impractical to change the syntax like that in CSS for
compatibility reasons. But you can use a syntax like that if you run it
through a preprocessor that outputs CSS in the correct syntax. Take a
look at DCSS, which uses that approach with a similar syntax to your
suggestion.
http://myles.id.au/2006/11/20/introducing-dcss/
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Lachlan Hunt
http://lachy.id.au/
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