Re: [CSS21][12.2 The 'content' property] computed value on :first-line and :first-letter

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Anton Prowse <prowse@moonhenge.net> wrote:
> Arguably CSS 2.1 counters could be resolved to their value at "computed
> value time", but I do it later in WeasyPrint (when creating boxes from
> elements.) Not sure what other UAs do. However, css3-page introduce page
> based counters. These can definitely not have a value by the time computed
> values are required. (In paged media, we only know where page breaks end up
> when doing layout.)
>
> I propose that both <string> and <counter> stay as specified in the computed
> value. Actually, "for other keywords" just need to become "for other
> values", which I think is what was intended.

2.1 doesn't actually specify one way or another whether counters are
kept as-is or turned into the string they represent at computed-value
time.  However, all browsers agree that they're kept as-is.  Lists
matches this in its definition of the computed value of 'content' on
::marker.

~TJ