removing border-clip

Author: howcom

css3-gcpm/Overview.src.html

@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ <h3>Running elements</h3>
 </dl>
 
 <p>The keywords have the same meaning as for the ''string()'' value.
-
 <p>The ''element()'' value cannot be combined with any other values.
 
 <div class="example">
@@ -544,9 +543,6 @@ <h2>Leaders</h2>
 <tr><td>leader(space)<td>leader(' ')<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
@@ -922,7 +918,6 @@ <h3>Turning elements into footnotes</h3>
   content: counter(footnote);
 }
 </pre>
-
 <p>Here is one possible presentation of inline footnotes:
 
 <pre>
@@ -953,10 +948,7 @@ <h3>The footnote area</h3>
 the page, but it can be positioned in other 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 'gr' unit refer to the column width of a
-multicol element. Which element, exactly? The one at the bottom of the
-page, of course. Hmm.
+or (fixed?) absolute positioning? Or both?
 
 <p class=issue>
 
@@ -989,6 +981,9 @@ <h3>The footnote area</h3>
 </pre>
 </div>
 
+<p>Inside @footnote, the 'gr' 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:
 
@@ -1050,15 +1045,12 @@ <h3>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 'border-length' 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 'border-clip' property. 
 
 </div>