[css2] Added text about drop caps

bert-github · bert-github · commit 283ef8e88417 · 2003-08-11T23:23:15.000Z
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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 2.70 2003-07-21 14:44:49 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: selector.src,v 2.71 2003-08-11 23:23:15 bbos Exp $ -->
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <title>Selectors</title>
@@ -1052,9 +1052,11 @@ line of the DIV in <code>&lt;DIV>&lt;P>This
 line...&lt;/P>&lt/DIV></code> is the first line of the P (assuming
 that both P and DIV are block-level).
 
-<p>The fictional start tag of the first-line pseudo-element is
-considered to be just inside the smallest enclosing block-level
-element. Here is a (complex) example. The fictional tag sequence for
+<p>A UA should act as if the fictional start tag of the first-line
+pseudo-element is just inside the smallest enclosing block-level
+element. (Since CSS1 and CSS2 were silent on the this case, authors
+should not rely on this behavior.) Here is an example. The fictional
+tag sequence for
 
 <pre>
 &lt;DIV>
@@ -1119,16 +1121,19 @@ is similar to a floated element.</p>
 and
 <span class="propinst-float">'float',</span>
 and, if 'float' is not 'none',
-<ins cite="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2003AprJun/0379.html">
 <span class="propinst-width">'width',</span>
 <span class="propinst-min-width">'min-width',</span>
 <span class="propinst-max-width">'max-width',</span>
 <span class="propinst-height">'height',</span>
 <span class="propinst-min-height">'min-height',</span>
 <span class="propinst-max-height">'max-height',</span>
-</ins>
 and
 <span class="propinst-clear">'clear'</span>.
+<ins>Other properties are explicitly undefined, to allow UAs to render
+a typographically correct drop cap or initial cap. E.g., if 'float' is
+not 'none', the UA may choose a width and height based on the shape of
+the letter, unlike for normal floating elements. CSS3 is expected to
+have specific properties that apply to first-letter.</ins>
 </p>
 
 <div class="html-example"><p></p>
@@ -1208,6 +1213,10 @@ letter combinations. In Dutch, for example, if the letter combination
 "ij" appears at the beginning of a word, both letters should be
 considered within the :first-letter pseudo-element.
 
+<ins><p>If the letters that would form the first-letter are not in the
+same element, such as "'t" in <code>&lt;p>'&lt;em>t...</code>, the UA
+should not apply the first-letter.</ins>
+
 <div class="example"><p>
 <a name="overlapping-example">The following example</a> illustrates
 how overlapping pseudo-elements may interact.  The first letter of
