text-overflow: clip rather than ellipse inline atomic elements. web compat, implementation interop, least surprise.

Author: Tantek Çelik

css3-ui/Overview.html

@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
    src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width=72> </a>
    <h1>CSS Basic User Interface Module Level 3</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 30 November
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 12 December
     2011</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This version:</dt>
-    <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20111130">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20111130</a></dd> -->
+    <!-- <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20111212">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/ED-css3-ui-20111212</a></dd> -->
 
     <dd><a
      href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-ui/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-ui/</a>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 30 November
 
     <dt>Editor:
 
-    <dd class="vcard h-card"><a class="fn p-fn url u-url"
+    <dd class="vcard h-card"><a class="fn p-name url u-url"
      href="http://tantek.com" lang=tr>Tantek &Ccedil;elik</a> (<a
      class="company org h-org" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla
      Foundation</a>, and before at <a
@@ -3017,12 +3017,12 @@ <h3 id=text-overflow><span class=secno>9.2. </span> Overflow Ellipsis: the
    value applies to the right edge.
 
   <p> For the ellipsis and string values, implementations must hide
-   characters and <a
+   characters at the applicable edge(s) of the line as necessary to fit the
+   ellipsis/string. Place the ellipsis/string immediately adjacent to the
+   applicable edge(s) of the remaining inline content. When an <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes"> atomic
-   inline-level elements</a> at the applicable edge(s) of the line as
-   necessary to fit the ellipsis/string. Place the ellipsis/string
-   immediately adjacent to the applicable edge(s) of the remaining inline
-   content.
+   inline-level element</a> is at an applicable edge of the line, such an
+   element is to be clipped rather than ellipsed.
 
   <h4 class="no-num no-toc" id=ellipsing-details>ellipsing details</h4>
 

css3-ui/Overview.src.html

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc">[LONGSTATUS] [DATE]</h2>
  <dt>Previous version:</dt>
   <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-css3-ui-20040511/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/CR-css3-ui-20040511/</a></dd>
  <dt>Editor:</dt>
-  <dd class="vcard h-card"><a lang="tr" class="fn p-fn url u-url" href="http://tantek.com">Tantek &Ccedil;elik</a>
+  <dd class="vcard h-card"><a lang="tr" class="fn p-name url u-url" href="http://tantek.com">Tantek &Ccedil;elik</a>
 (<a class="company org h-org" href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla Foundation</a>,
 and before at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Corporation</a>)
     &lt;<a class="email u-email"
@@ -1634,12 +1634,15 @@ <h3 id="text-overflow">
 <p>
 For the ellipsis 
 and string values,
-implementations must hide characters and 
-<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes">
-atomic inline-level elements</a> 
+implementations must hide characters 
 at the applicable edge(s) of the line as necessary to fit the ellipsis/string. 
 Place the ellipsis/string immediately adjacent 
 to the applicable edge(s) of the remaining inline content.
+When an 
+<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-boxes">
+atomic inline-level element</a> 
+is at an applicable edge of the line, 
+such an element is to be clipped rather than ellipsed.
 </p>
 
 <h4 class="no-num no-toc">ellipsing details</h4>