[css2] Added float statement from Bert

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit fe113fd628c9 · 1998-05-11T12:18:52.000Z
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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 2.69 1998-05-08 16:43:04 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 2.70 1998-05-11 12:18:52 ijacobs Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Visual formatting model</TITLE>
@@ -924,8 +924,7 @@ containing block edge or the outer edge of another float. The top of
 the floated box is aligned with the top of the current line box (or
 bottom of the preceding block box if no line box exists). If there
 isn't enough horizontal room on the current line for the float, it is
-shifted downward, line by line, until a line has room for it or it
-touches the containing block edge.
+shifted downward, line by line, until a line has room for it.
 
 <P>Since a float is not in the flow, non-positioned block boxes
 created before and after the float box flow vertically as if the float
@@ -1126,6 +1125,12 @@ class="index-inst" title="line-box"><a
 href="#line-box">line-box</a></span> containing a box
 generated by an element earlier in the source document.
 
+<LI>A left-floating box that has another left-floating box to its left
+may not have its right outer edge to the right of its containing
+block's right edge. (Loosely: a left float may not stick out at the
+right edge, unless it is already as far to the left as possible.) An
+analogous rule holds for right-floating elements.
+
 <LI> A floating box must be placed as high as possible.
 
 <LI> A left-floating box must be put as far to the left as
@@ -1179,7 +1184,7 @@ boxes of earlier elements in the source document..
 
 <p>When the property is set on floating elements, it results in a
 modification of the <a href="#float-rules">rules</a> for
-positioning the float. An extra constraint (#9) is added:
+positioning the float. An extra constraint (#10) is added:
 
 <ul>
 <li>The top <a href="box.html#outer-edge">outer edge</a> 
