[css2] Added proposed text about nested :first-line.

bert-github · bert-github · commit f385aa08aa94 · 2003-07-21T14:44:49.000Z
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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 2.69 2003-07-01 15:42:14 bbos Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: selector.src,v 2.70 2003-07-21 14:44:49 bbos Exp $ -->
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <title>Selectors</title>
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ will be treated as ordinary lines in the
 paragraph.&lt;/P&gt;
 </pre>
 
-the lines of which happen to be broken as follows:
+<p>the lines of which happen to be broken as follows:
 
 <pre class="html-example">
 THIS IS A SOMEWHAT LONG HTML PARAGRAPH THAT
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ sequence. The other lines will be treated as
 ordinary lines in the paragraph.
 </pre>
 
-might be "rewritten" by user agents to include the <em><span
+<p>might be "rewritten" by user agents to include the <em><span
 class="index-def" title="fictional tag sequence">fictional tag
 sequence</span></em> for :first-line. This fictional tag sequence helps
 to show how properties are inherited.
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ will be treated as ordinary lines in the
 paragraph.&lt;/P&gt;
 </pre>
 
-the user agent could generate the appropriate start and end tags for
+<p>the user agent could generate the appropriate start and end tags for
 SPAN when inserting the fictional tag sequence for :first-line.
 
 <pre>
@@ -1043,6 +1043,38 @@ paragraph.&lt;/P&gt;
 title="pseudo-elements:::first-line">:first-line</span> pseudo-element
 can only be attached to a block-level element.</p>
 
+<ins
+cite="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Jul/0076.html"><p>
+The "first formatted line" of an element may occur inside a
+block-level descendant in the same flow (i.e., a block-level
+descendant that is not positioned and not a float). E.g., the first
+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
+
+<pre>
+&lt;DIV>
+  &lt;P>First paragraph&lt;/P>
+  &lt;P>Second paragraph&lt;/P>
+&lt;/DIV>
+</pre>
+
+<p>is
+
+<pre>
+&lt;DIV>
+  &lt;P>&lt;DIV:first-line>&lt;P:first-line>First paragraph&lt;/P:first-line>&lt;/DIV:first-line>&lt;/P>
+  &lt;P>&lt;P:first-line>Second paragraph&lt;/P:first-line>&lt;/P>
+&lt;/DIV>
+</pre>
+
+</ins>
+
+
 <p>The <a name="first-line">:first-line</a> pseudo-element is similar
 to an inline-level element, but with certain restrictions. Only the
 following properties apply to a :first-line pseudo-element: <a
