[css2] Added paragraph about inherit value

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit 359c21972873 · 1998-01-27T16:40:24.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/cascade.src b/css2/cascade.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: cascade.src,v 1.30 1998-01-20 23:21:43 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: cascade.src,v 1.31 1998-01-27 16:40:24 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Assigning property values, Cascading, and Inheritance</TITLE>
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ use it.
 title="initial value">initial value</span>. The <a
 name="initial-value">initial value</a> of each property is indicated
 in the property's definition.
-<li>
 </ol>
 
 <h3><a name="computed-value">Computed values</a></h3>
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ in the property's definition.
 the constant value 'hidden') or "relative" (e.g., the variable value
 'auto', the font-related value 'em', pixel values, percentage values,
 etc.).  Each value must be transformed into a <span class="index-def"
-title="computed value">computed value</span> value according to
+title="computed value">computed value</span> according to
 algorithms described in this specification.
 
 <P>When the root of the document tree has a property whose specified
@@ -173,6 +172,15 @@ element. In that case, the EM will inherit a value of 11pt for the
 same property.
 </div>
 
+<h3>The <span class="index-def" title="inherit, definition
+of"><a name="value-def-inherit">inherit</a></span>
+value</h3>
+
+<P>Each property may also take the value 'inherit', which means that,
+for a given element, the property takes the same <a
+href="#computed-value">computed value</a> as the property for the
+element's parent.
+
 <H2><a name="cascade">The cascade</a></h2>
 
 <P>Style sheets may have three different origins: author, user, and
