Re: [css-counter-styles] allow use of CSS4 "alt" property with @counter-style/symbols

On May 22, 2014, at 3:23 AM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:

> 
> On May 22, 2014, at 2:58 AM, Reece Dunn <msclrhd@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I like this use of lang() as it allows the user to focus
>> pronunciation. However, I like speak-as pointing to a counter-style as
>> that offfers the most flexibility (speak these as a number, etc.).
>> 
>> So your example would be:
>> 
>>> ul.io { counter-style: io; }
>>> 
>>> @counter-style io {
>>>   system: cyclic;
>>>   symbols: '⋗' '⋖';
>>>   speak-as: io-spoken;
>>> }
>>> @counter-style io-spoken { system: cyclic; symbols: 'Input: ' 'Output: '; }
>>> @counter-style io-spoken:lang(es) { symbols: 'Entrada: ' 'Salida: '; }
>>> @counter-style io-spoken:lang(de) { symbols: 'Eingang: ' 'Ausgang: '; }
> 
> I don't understand the benefit this has over alt. I see "alt" as a one-to-one mapping for "symbols". Presumably these "-spoken" counters will always match the system property (cyclic here) of the symbolic counter-style, no? When would that not be the case? 

Nevermind my question. Just now seeing this (and your Gaelic example) in the follow-ups.

You wrote:
> You may want different systems depending on the language, a complex
> counter-style chain to handle language rules, or describe CSS4 Counter
> Styles or later features (e.g. for spoken numbers). 

Received on Thursday, 22 May 2014 10:28:46 UTC