[css3-layout] Shorter Abstract. Removed incorrect item from Changes section.

Author: bert-github

css-template/Overview.src.html

@@ -89,34 +89,27 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=abstract>Abstract</h2>
 Note contains experimental ideas for <em>layout templates</em> and alternative
 layout models in CSS.
 
-<p>At the moment, this module defines a <em>typographic grid</em> for
-CSS. It has features to set up a grid-based template and to flow
-content into it.
+<p>At the moment, it defines a <em>typographic grid</em> for
+CSS. It has features to set up a grid-based template, to style the
+<em>slots</em> of the template and to flow content into them.
 
 <p>A grid template can be seen as a cross between table layout
-(aligning &amp; sizing blocks of text automatically in a
-two-dimensional grid) and absolute positioning (making visual order of
-content independent of source document order), but it also has unique
+(align blocks of text automatically in two-dimensions) and absolute
+positioning (position elements in arbitrary order), but it also has
+unique
 features of its own.
 
-<p>The 'grid' property sets up a matrix of rows and columns and uses
-it to define areas that accept content (called “slots”). The 'flow'
-property then specifies into which slot an element flows. The
-<span>'::slot()' pseudo-element</span> allows to style the slots
-(backgrounds, borders, etc.)
-
 <p>Grid templates can also be associated with pages in paged media
 (via '@page'), to create <em>page templates.</em>
 
-<p>Slots can form “chains” to create
-non-rectangular regions. A chain of slots is like a series of pages or
-columns: content is distributed over the slots by breaking it at
-possible break points (see the 'break-*' properties from
-[[CSS3-BREAK]]).
+<p>Slots can form <em>chains,</em> to create non-rectangular
+regions. A chain of slots is like a series of small pages: content is
+broken at possible page breaks and distributed over the slots.
 
-<p>Templates can make use of the '@region' rule [[!CSS3-REGIONS]] for
-selectors to style the contents of slots (<em>region-based
-styling</em>).
+<p><em>Region-based styling</em> allows content to be styled not only
+based on its position in the document tree, but also based on the slot
+it finds itself in. This is achieved by allowing slot names to appear
+in selectors.
 
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@@ -2317,7 +2310,8 @@ <h2>Styling slots</h2>
 <h3 id=slot-pseudo>The ''::slot()'' pseudo-element</h3>
 
 <p>The slots of a <em>grid element</em> can be individually addressed
-with the <dfn>''slot()'' pseudo-element.</dfn>
+with the <dfn title="slot!!pseudo-element" >''slot()''
+pseudo-element.</dfn>
 
 <div class=example>
 <p>For example, the following sets the background and vertical
@@ -2424,7 +2418,8 @@ <h3>The ''::blank()'' pseudo-element</h3>
 '':empty'' pseudo-class in [[SELECT]]. But ''::slot(a):empty'' and
 '':slot(a):blank' are invalid syntax…
 
-<p>The <dfn>'blank()' pseudo-element</dfn> selects named slots that
+<p>The <dfn title="blank!!pseudo-element" >'blank()'
+pseudo-element</dfn> selects named slots that
 have no
 content flowed into them. ''::slot(a)'' and ''::blank(a)'' select the
 same slot, but the latter matches only if the slot has no content
@@ -2591,7 +2586,8 @@ <h2 id=region-based>Styling the contents of slots</h2>
 
 <p>In CSS level 2, pseudo-elements could only occur at the end of a
 selector. Thus an attempt to select 'P::first-line EM' fails. That
-restriction does not apply to the <span class=index>'::slot()'
+restriction does not apply to the <span class=index
+title="slot!!pseudo-element" >'::slot()'
 pseudo-element,</span> as shown in the example above.
 
 <p>To resolve which style rules apply to an element or part of an
@@ -4407,9 +4403,6 @@ <h2 id=changes>Changes</h2>
 href="/TR/2011/WD-css3-layout-20111129/" >29 November 2011 draft:</a>
 
 <ul>
-<li>Short rows in a template aren't automatically padded with '.', but
-make the template illegal. <!-- WG decision 11 Apr 2012 -->
-
 <li>Added a <a href="#accessibility" >note about accessibility.</a>
 
 <li>Instead of directly on 'display', the grid template is now