[css2] Removed "calculation of specificity is object-language

bert-github · bert-github · commit f2035cb19188 · 1998-02-21T02:36:41.000Z
dependent". Renamed "Cascading Order in HTML" to "Calculating a
selector's specificity". Added that pseudo-classes are counted as
classes and pseudo-element are not counted.

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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 2.5 1998-02-21 00:04:43 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: cascade.src,v 2.6 1998-02-21 02:36:41 bbos Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Assigning property values, Cascading, and Inheritance</TITLE>
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ must apply the following algorithm:</p>
 
     <LI>
       Sort by specificity of selector: more specific selectors will
-      override more general ones. The definition and calculation of
-      specificity is object-language dependent. Pseudo-elements and 
+      override more general ones. <!-- The definition and calculation of
+      specificity is object-language dependent. [I don't think so. BB]-->
+      (see <a href="#specificity">below</a>) Pseudo-elements and 
       pseudo-classes are counted as normal elements and classes, 
       respectively.  
 
@@ -356,16 +357,20 @@ since the author's "!important" rule takes precedence.</p>
 </div>
 
 
-<H3>Cascading order in HTML</H3>
-<P>In HTML, a selector's specificity is calculated as follows:</p>
+<H3><a name="specificity">Calculating a selector's specificity</a></H3>
+<P>A selector's specificity is calculated as follows:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>(a) count the number of "id" attributes in the selector
 <li>(b) count the number of other attributes in the selector
-(including class attributes)
 <li>(c) count the number of element names in the selector
 </ul>
 
+<p>Classes (only in selectors for HTML) and <a
+href="selector#pseudo-classes">pseudo-classes</a> are counted as
+attributes. <a href="selector#pseudo-elements">Pseudo-elements</a> are
+not counted.
+
 <P>Concatenating the three numbers (in a number system with a large
 base) gives the specificity. 
 
