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Author: howcom

css3-gcpm/Overview.html

@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
 
    <h1>CSS Generated Content for Paged Media Module</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-working>Editor's Draft 28 March 2010</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-working>Editor's Draft 29 March 2010</h2>
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This version:
 
     <dd><a
-     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/ED-css3-gcpm-20100328">http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/ED-css3-gcpm-20100328</a>
+     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/ED-css3-gcpm-20100329">http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/ED-css3-gcpm-20100329</a>
 
     <dt>Latest version:
 
@@ -799,9 +799,6 @@ <h2 id=leaders><span class=secno>3. </span>Leaders</h2>
      <td>\0020
   </table>
   <!--
-<p class=issue>Can leaders also be composed of images or SVG?
--->
-  <!--
 <p class="issue">Some fonts may not have suitable glyphs for all
 patterns. For example, in some Eastern languages, the alignment of the
 shape within the glyph may not be optimal for creating leaders.
@@ -1220,10 +1217,7 @@ <h3 id=the-footnote-area><span class=secno>5.2. </span>The footnote area</h3>
    places.
 
   <p class=issue>Should the footnote are be positiond using page floats or
-   (fixed?) absolute positioning? Or both? In any case, it is unclear how to
-   make the &lsquo;<code class=property>gr</code>&rsquo; unit refer to the
-   column width of a multicol element. Which element, exactly? The one at the
-   bottom of the page, of course. Hmm.
+   (fixed?) absolute positioning? Or both?
 
   <p class=issue>
 
@@ -1254,6 +1248,9 @@ <h3 id=the-footnote-area><span class=secno>5.2. </span>The footnote area</h3>
 </pre>
   </div>
 
+  <p>Inside @footnote, the &lsquo;<code class=property>gr</code>&rsquo; unit
+   is based on the oldest multicol element in the document.
+
   <div class="example issue">
    <p>This code places the footnote area at the bottom of the right column:
 
@@ -1320,16 +1317,15 @@ <h3 id=the-footnote-area><span class=secno>5.2. </span>The footnote area</h3>
 @footnote {
   margin-top: 0.5em;
   border-top: thin solid black;
-  border-length: 4em; /* border-clip: 4em */
+  border-clip: 4em;
   padding-top: 0.5em;
 }
 </pre>
 
-   <p>The result of this code is that a footnote area will have some margin
-    above the border. Unlike normal borders, only part of the border is
-    visible due to the &lsquo;<code
-    class=property>border-length</code>&rsquo; property. Underneath the
-    border, there will be padding.
+   <p>The result of this code is a footnote area separated from other content
+    above it by margin, border and padding. Only 4em of the border is visible
+    due to thte &lsquo;<code class=property><a
+    href="#border-clip">border-clip</a></code>&rsquo; property.
   </div>
   <!--
 <p class="issue">Footnotes in tables and floats may be problematic. In