[css2] Minor change in language to property def explanation (as per Sho comments), also moved them from DL list to H4, also mild change to language re T.V. Raman

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit 365f5668bbc2 · 1998-02-18T23:37:09.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/about.src b/css2/about.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: about.src,v 2.5 1998-02-18 10:13:07 howcome Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: about.src,v 2.6 1998-02-18 23:37:09 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>About the CSS2 Specification</TITLE>
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ and delimited by double quotes.
 
 <H3><a name="property-defs">CSS property definitions</a></H3>
 <P>Each CSS property definition begins with a summary of key
-information that resembles the following:
+information that resembles the following:</p>
 
-<P><strong>'Property-name'</strong>
 <TABLE>
+<TR><TH align="right">Property name:<TD>The property name</TR>
 <TR><TH align="right">Value:<TD>Possible constant values or value types</TR>
 <TR><TH align="right">Initial:<TD>The initial value</TR>
 <TR><TH align="right">Applies to:<TD>Elements this property applies to</TR>
@@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ information that resembles the following:
 property applies to</TR>
 </TABLE>
 
-<P>The categories have the following meanings:
 
-<dl>
-<dt><strong>Value</strong>
-<dd>This part of the property definition specifies the set of valid
-values for the property. Value types may be designated in several ways:
+<h4>Value</h4>
+
+<P>This part specifies the set of valid values for the property. Value
+types may be designated in several ways:
 
 <ol>
 <li> constant values (e.g., 'auto', 'disc', etc.)  
@@ -189,49 +188,50 @@ The following examples illustrate different value types:
     <EM>Value:</EM> &lt;uri&gt; || &lt;color&gt;<BR>
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 
-<dt><strong>Initial</strong>
+<h4>Initial</h4>
 
-<dd>The property's initial value. If the property is inherited, this
-is the value that is given to the root element of the <a
-href="conform.html#doctree">document tree</a>. Please consult the
-section on <a href="cascade.html">the cascade</a> for information
+<P>This part specifies the property's initial value. If the property
+is inherited, this is the value that is given to the root element of
+the <a href="conform.html#doctree">document tree</a>. Please consult
+the section on <a href="cascade.html">the cascade</a> for information
 about the interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and
 initial values.
-</dd>
 
-<dt><strong>Applies to</strong>
 
-<dd>Lists the elements to which the property applies. All elements are
-considered to have all properties, but some properties have no
-rendering effect on some types of elements. For example, <span
+<h4>Applies to</h4>
+
+<p>This part lists the elements to which the property applies. All
+elements are considered to have all properties, but some properties
+have no rendering effect on some types of elements. For example, <span
 class="propinst-white-space">'white-space'</span> has no effect on
 inline elements.
-</dd>
 
-<dt><strong>Inherited</strong>
-<dd>Indicates whether the value of the property is inherited from a
-ancestor element. Please consult the
-section on <a href="cascade.html">the cascade</a> for information
-about the interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and
-initial values.
-</dd>
 
-<dt><strong>Percentage values</strong>
-<dd>Indicates how percentages should be interpreted, if they occur in
+<h4>Inherited</h4>
+
+<p>This part indicates whether the value of the property is inherited
+from a ancestor element. Please consult the section on <a
+href="cascade.html">the cascade</a> for information about the
+interaction between style sheet-specified, inherited, and initial
+values.
+
+
+<h4>Percentage values</h4>
+
+<p>This part indicates how percentages should be interpreted, if they occur in
 the value of the property. If "N/A" appears here, it means that the
-property does not accept percentages as values.</dd>
-
-<dt><strong>Media groups</strong>
-<dd>Indicates the <a href="media.html#media-groups">media groups</a> 
-to which the property applies. The
-<a href="conform.html">conformance</a> conditions state
-that user agents must support this property if they support
-rendering to the <a href="media.html#media-types">media types</a>
-included in these <a href="media.html#media-groups">media groups</a>.
-</dd>
-</dl>
+property does not accept percentages as values.
+
+<h4>Media groups</h4>
+
+<p>This part indicates the <a href="media.html#media-groups">media
+groups</a> to which the property applies. The <a
+href="conform.html">conformance</a> conditions state that user agents
+must support this property if they support rendering to the <a
+href="media.html#media-types">media types</a> included in these <a
+href="media.html#media-groups">media groups</a>.
 
-<H4><a name="shorthand">Shorthand properties</a></H4>
+<H3><a name="shorthand">Shorthand properties</a></H3>
 
 <p>Some properties are <span class="index-def"
 title="shorthand"><em>shorthand</em></span> rules that allow authors
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ which described many of the new features of CSS2.
 made pivotal contributions towards Aural Cascading Style Sheets (ACSS)
 and the concepts of aural presentation based on his work on AsTeR
 (Audio System For Technical Readings). He contributed an initial draft
-of the ACSS specification, much of which has survived in the present
+of the ACSS specification that shaped the current
 specification. Values for aural properties in the <a
 href="sample.html">HTML 4.0 sample style sheet</a> are of his
 devising; he currently uses them on a daily basis on his audio desktop
