- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 20:32:58 +0200
- To: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- CC: www-svg@w3.org
Paul Prescod wrote:
>
> Chris Lilley wrote:
> >
> > Correct; and, that is a good thing.
> >
> > The spec that describes how authors describe links of various types in
> > their document is XLink, not CSS.
>
> Fine, but the specification that describes how those links should be
> presented to the user should be a stylesheet language:
Aha, but that is not what you originally said.
So, now, the issue has come down to "given the links on my foo and bar
elements, how do I style them?
foo:link { text-decoration: underline; color: blue}
bar:link:before {content: url(icon.png) }
Or, if you don't know what the link elements are called, then a more
general
:link { color: green }
will do nicely.
> It is probably best for CSS to wait for XLink before defining these things
Actually, we are waiting for XLink; because the styling part is already
there.
> By lumping computers and televisions together, as if they exerted a
> single malign influence, pessimists have tried to argue that the
> electronic revolution spells the end of the sort of literate culture
> that began with Gutenberg’s press. On several counts, that now seems
> the reverse of the truth.
Interesting choice of quote, given the amount of naysaying you have been
doing in this thread.
--
Chris
Received on Sunday, 11 April 1999 14:35:22 UTC