Re: [css3-mediaqueries] Syntax connecting MQ to CSS 2.1

On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:11:48 +0200, Bert Bos <bert@w3.org> wrote:
> 1) About omitting the media query from @media:
>
> CSS2 allows to omit the media from @import but not from @media. That is
> deliberate, because
>
>     @import "foo"
>
> has an obvious meaning, while
>
>     @media {<rules>}
>
> would be confusing and redundant. It would either mean the same
> as "<rules>" by itself or be ignored completely.
>
> If at all possible, I'd like to avoid (a) changing the CSS2
> specification and (b) introducing syntax that is confusing.

The reasoning for this is that <style media=""> or <link media=""> implies  
all as well.


> 2) About how the media queries syntax hooks into CSS2 syntax:
>
> 2a) The easiest solution seems to be to remove the "media_query_list"
> production. The text in section 3 above the grammar would then
> say: "The media_query<del>_list</del> production defined below replaces
> the medium production from CSS2."
>
> That also takes care of (1) above.
>
> Disadvantage: specifications (such as HTML) that also want to use media
> queries, and that want a comma-separated list of them, will have to
> define the syntax of the comma-separated list themselves.

That seems like a bad idea to me, especially when things get more  
complicated, as with

   print, (,projection,)


> 2b) Alternatively, we can rewrite the grammar in appendix G of CSS2 to
> introduce a non-terminal "media_query_list." This is a bit more work,
> but it can be done, because it is only editorial. The rules
> for "import" and "media" would be rewritten in terms of the
> new "media_query_list" non-terminal as:
>
>     import
>       : IMPORT_SYM S*
>         [STRING|URI] S* media_query_list? ';' S*
>       ;
>     media
>       : MEDIA_SYM S* media_query_list LBRACE S* ruleset* '}' S*
>       ;
>     media_query_list
>       : medium [ COMMA S* medium]*
>       ;

And then Media Queries is updated to replace media_query_list? That works  
for me. I guess if we really do not want to allow @media {} HTML5 and the  
<?xml-stylesheet?> specification will just have to state that the empty  
string is equal to all.


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/

Received on Wednesday, 5 August 2009 13:15:41 UTC