- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:44:59 -0800
- To: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Cc: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote:
> Also sprach Tab Atkins Jr.:
>
> > > @counter-style daggers "*" "\2020" "\2021" "\A7" "#";
> > >
> > > which is a shorthand for:
> > >
> > > @counter-style daggers {
> > > type: non-repeating;
> > > glyphs: "*" "\2020" "\2021" "\A7" "#";
> > > }
> >
> > Would you really want non-repeating? The quintessential example you
> > use, footnotes, should probably be done with the 'symbolic' type
> > instead (that's what the symbols() function now defaults to).
> > 'repeating' might be a better generic choice, too.
>
> Yes, 'symbolic' is probably better.
I've logged an issue about it in the spec.
~TJ
Received on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:45:47 UTC