[css2] Slight rewrite of subject definition, skip -> ignore, fixed broken links, inline -> inline-level, matching of |= from beginning only

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit 164d51fa0fb4 · 1998-03-14T23:45:44.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/selector.src b/css2/selector.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN'>
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: selector.src,v 2.23 1998-03-14 00:43:19 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: selector.src,v 2.24 1998-03-14 23:45:44 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <title>Selectors</title>
@@ -91,23 +91,22 @@ href="#pseudo-classes">pseudo-class</a>.  Each component specifies a
 requirement of an element, and the simple selector requires the
 logical AND of those requirements.  
 
+
 <P>A <span class="index-def"
 title="selector"><dfn>selector</dfn></span> is a chain of one or more
 simple selectors separated by combinators (plus optional whitespace).
+The elements of the document tree that match a selector are called
+<span class="index-def" title="subject (of selector)|selector::subject
+of"><a name="subject"><dfn>subjects</dfn></a></span> of the selector.
 A selector consisting of a single simple selector matches any element
-satisfying its requirements. Additional components (always preprended)
-impose additional constraints that must be met for the selector to
-match.
-
-<P>The <span class="index-def" title="subject (of
-selector)|selector::subject of"><a
-name="subject"><dfn>subject</dfn></a></span> of a selector is the
-rightmost simple selector of a chain. When a selector matches, the subject
-designates the element in the document tree to which the rest
-of the rule applies.
+satisfying its requirements.  Prepending a simple selector and
+combinator to a chain imposes additional matching constraints, so the
+subjects of a selector are always a subset of the elements matching
+the rightmost simple selector.
 
 <P>One <a href="#pseudo-elements">pseudo-element</a> may be appended
-to the subject of a selector; it refers to a subpart of the subject.
+to the last simple selector in a chain, in which case the style
+information applies to a subpart of the subjects.
 
 <h3><a name="grouping">Grouping</a></h3>
 
@@ -335,7 +334,8 @@ spaces (since they are separated by spaces).
 <dt><span class="index-def" title="hyphen-separated
 matching|&#124;="><code>[att|=val]</code></span>
 <dd>Match when the element's "att" attribute value is a 
-hyphen-separated list of "words", beginning with "val".
+hyphen-separated list of "words", beginning with "val". The match
+always starts at the beginning of the attribute value.
 <!--If this selector is used, the words in the value must not contain
 hyphens (since they are separated by hyphens).--> This is primarily
 intended to allow <span class="index-inst" title="language
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ line of an element's content. CSS pseudo-elements allow style sheet
 designers to refer to this otherwise inaccessible
 information. Pseudo-elements may also provide style sheet designers a
 way to assign style to otherwise <a
-href="conform.html#anonymous">anonymous</a> content (e.g., the <a
+href="visuren.html#anonymous">anonymous</a> content (e.g., the <a
 href="generate.html#before-after-content">:before and :after</a>
 pseudo-elements give access to generated content).
 
@@ -653,8 +653,8 @@ element, and the first letter.
 -->
 
 <p><a href="conform.html#conformance">Conforming HTML user agents</a>
-may <span class="index-inst" title="skip"><a
-href="syndata.html#skip">skip</a></span> all rules with :first-line or
+may <span class="index-inst" title="ignore"><a
+href="syndata.html#ignore">ignore</a></span> all rules with :first-line or
 :first-letter in the selector, or, alternatively, may only support a
 subset of the properties on these pseudo-elements.</P>
 
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ child:</p>
 </pre>
 </div>
 
-<P>Note that since <a href="conform.html#anonymous">anonymous</a>
+<P>Note that since <a href="visuren.html#anonymous">anonymous</a>
 boxes are not part of the document tree, they are not counted when
 calculating the first child.</p>
 
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ SPAN when inserting the fictional tag sequence for :first-line.</p>
 a block-level element.</p>
 
 <p>The <a name="first-line">:first-line</a> pseudo-element is similar
-to an inline element, but with certain restrictions. Only the
+to an inline-level element, but with certain restrictions. Only the
 following properties apply to a :first-line element: <a
 href="fonts.html#font-properties">font properties,</a> <a
 href="colors.html">color properties,</a> <a
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ class="propinst-clear">'clear'.</span></p>
 class="index-inst" title="initial caps">"initial caps"</span> and
 <span class="index-inst" title="drop caps">"drop caps"</span>, which
 are common typographical effects. This type of initial letter is
-similar to an inline element if its <span
+similar to an inline-level element if its <span
 class="propinst-float">'float'</span> property is 'none', otherwise it
 is similar to a floating element.</p>
 
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ first letter should be included."></p>
 parenthesis and ellipsis points) or other characters that are normally
 not considered letters (e.g., digits and mathematical symbols),
 :first-letter pseudo-elements are generally <span class="index-inst"
-title="skip"><a href="syndata.html#skip">skipped</a></span></p>
+title="ignore"><a href="syndata.html#ignore">ignored</a></span></p>
 Removed 27/2/98 -->
 
 <p>The :first-letter pseudo-element matches parts of <a
