Re: [css-counter-styles] case sensitivity of counter-style-name

On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Xidorn Quan <quanxunzhen@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-counter-styles/#the-counter-style-rule says:
> Counter style names are case-sensitive. However, the names defined in this
> specification are ASCII lower-cased on parse wherever they are used as
> counter styles, e.g. in the list-style set of properties, in the
> @counter-style rule, and in the counter() functions.
>
> Does it mean, counter style names should normally be case-sensitive except
> the names defined in this spec? I think this rule is puzzling.
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-CSS2-20110607/syndata.html#characters says:
> All CSS syntax is case-insensitive within the ASCII range (i.e., [a-z]
> and [A-Z] are equivalent), except for parts that are not under the control
> of CSS.
>
> According to this rule in CSS2.1, I believe all counter style names,
> instead of only the predefineds, should be case-insensitive and ASCII
> lower-cased on parse.
>

Maybe there is no need to lower-case them. Just making all names
case-insensitive is sufficient.

- Xidorn