[css2] upgrading multicol description

howcom · howcom · commit c519f68de685 · 1997-10-29T22:54:17.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/visuren.src b/css2/visuren.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 1.34 1997-10-29 20:02:35 howcome Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 1.35 1997-10-29 22:54:17 howcome Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Visual rendering model</TITLE>
@@ -1044,17 +1044,33 @@ default behavior of an element is to allow elements below it to be
 visible through transparent areas in its content. In the example, each
 element transparently overlays the elements below it. This behavior
 can be overridden by utilizing one of the existing background-related
-properties like <span
-class="propinst-background">'background'</span>.</p>
+properties like <span class="propinst-background">'background'</span>.</p>
 
 <H2>Multicolumn layout</H2>
 
 <P>Flowing content into several columns is a common way of presenting
 text, especially in print. When line lengths are shortened, the font
 size and line height can be reduced while maintaining legibility. In
-CSS, columns are verical boxes formed within the box of the
-element. All columns have the same width, and the UA should attempt to
-balance the content so that each column is filled to the same extent.
+CSS, columns are verical boxes formed in the content area of an
+<DFN>column element</DFN>. In HTML, the column element will typically
+be of type DIV and its child element will be flowed into the columens.
+
+<P>All columns in a column element have the same width. The UA
+should attempt to balance the content so that each column is filled to
+the same extent. When breaking elements over several columns, the
+<span class="propinst-widows">'widows'</span> and <span
+class="propinst-orphans">'orphans'</span> properties should be
+consulted.
+
+<P>In a <a href="page.html">paged medium</a>, page breaks may occur
+within the column element. This can be due to lack of space, or from
+a settin on a page break property of a child element. When this
+happens, the column element should be continued on the next page with
+the same number of columns.
+
+
+<P>Between columns there is optionally a column gap and a vertical
+column rule.
 
 
 <!-- #include src=properties/columns.srb -->
@@ -1093,7 +1109,9 @@ by them. Consider this example:
     columns: 3;
     column-gap: 1em;
   }
-  IMG.logo { width: 100% }
+  IMG.logo { 
+    width: 100%;
+  }
 &lt;/STYLE>
 &lt;BODY>
   &lt;DIV>
@@ -1110,14 +1128,16 @@ element.
 
 <!-- #include src=properties/column-gap.srb -->
 
-<P>This property sets the gap between adjacent columns.
+<P>This property sets the gap between adjacent columns. The initial
+value is UA-specific, but should be greater than zero. Negative values
+are not allowed.
 
 <!-- #include src=properties/column-rule-width.srb -->
 <!-- #include src=properties/column-rule-style.srb -->
 <!-- #include src=properties/column-rule-color.srb -->
 <!-- #include src=properties/column-rule.srb -->
 
-<P>These properties set the vertical rule between adjacent
+<P>These properties set the vertical column rule between adjacent
 columns. The rule will appear in the middle of the column gap. On each
 side of the rule there will be a gap equal to half the specified
 column gap.
