Tweaked wording and examples for the 'symbolic' type.

Author: tabatkins

css3-lists/Overview.html

@@ -25,14 +25,25 @@
 
    <h1>CSS Lists and Counters Module Level 3</h1>
 
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>W3C Working Draft 20 June
+    2011</h2>
+=======
    <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 14 June 2011</h2>
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 
    <dl>
     <dt>This version:
 
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+    <dd><a
+     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-lists-20110620">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-lists-20110620</a></dd>
+    <!-- <a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/</a></dd>-->
+=======
     <dd><!--<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-lists-20110614">http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-css3-lists-20110614</a></dd>-->
      <a
      href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-lists/</a>
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 
     <dt>Latest version:
 
@@ -1599,10 +1610,13 @@ <h4 id=symbolic><span class=secno>8.1.4. </span> symbolic</h4>
 
   <p>The &lsquo;<code class=css>symbolic</code>&rsquo; counter type cycles
    repeatedly through its provided glyphs, doubling, tripling, etc. the
-   glyphs on each successive pass through the list. It can be used for
-   footnote-style markers, and is also sometimes used for alphabetic-style
-   lists for a slightly different presentation than what the &lsquo;<code
-   class=css>alphabetic</code>&rsquo; type presents.
+   glyphs on each successive pass through the list. For example, if the
+   original glyphs were "*" and "†", then on the second pass they would
+   instead be "**" and "††", while on the third they would be "***" and
+   "†††", etc. It can be used for footnote-style markers, and is also
+   sometimes used for alphabetic-style lists for a slightly different
+   presentation than what the &lsquo;<code class=css>alphabetic</code>&rsquo;
+   type presents.
 
   <p>To construct the representation, run the following algorithm. Let
    <var>length</var> be the length of the list of <a
@@ -1626,18 +1640,35 @@ <h4 id=symbolic><span class=secno>8.1.4. </span> symbolic</h4>
   <p>Finally, return <var>S</var>.
 
   <div class=example>
-   <p>An "unary" counter style can be defined as:</p>
+   <p>An "footnotes" counter style can be defined as:</p>
 
    <pre>
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+@counter-style <dfn id=footnotes>footnotes</dfn> {
+=======
 @counter-style <dfn id=upper-alpha-symbolic>upper-alpha-symbolic</dfn> {
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 	type: symbolic;
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+	glyphs: '*' '⁑' '†' '‡';
+	suffix: '';
+=======
 	glyphs: 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D' 'E' 'F' 'G' 'H' 'I' 'J' 'K' 'L' 'M' 'N' 'O' 'P' 'Q' 'R' 'S' 'T' 'U' 'V' 'W' 'X' 'Y' 'Z';
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 }
 		</pre>
 
    <p>It will then produce lists that look like:</p>
 
    <pre>
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+*.   One
+⁑.   Two
+†.   Three
+‡.   Four
+**.  Five
+⁑⁑.  Six
+=======
 A.    One
 B.    Two
 ...
@@ -1648,6 +1679,7 @@ <h4 id=symbolic><span class=secno>8.1.4. </span> symbolic</h4>
 ZZ.   Fifty-two
 AAA.  Fifty-three
 BBB.  Fifty-four
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 		</pre>
 
    <p class=note>Note the difference between this and the alphabetic
@@ -2753,13 +2785,16 @@ <h3 id=predefined-symbolic><span class=secno>9.4. </span> Predefined
 	suffix: '';
 }
 
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+=======
 @counter-style <dfn id=footnote>footnote</dfn> {
 	type: symbolic;
 	glyphs: '\2A' '\2051' '\2020' '\2021';
 	/* '*' '⁑' '†' '‡' */
 	suffix: '';
 }
 
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 @counter-style <dfn id=lower-alpha-symbolic>lower-alpha-symbolic</dfn> {
 	type: symbolic;
 	glyphs: '\61' '\62' '\63' '\64' '\65' '\66' '\67' '\68' '\69' '\6A' '\6B' '\6C' '\6D' '\6E' '\6F' '\70' '\71' '\72' '\73' '\74' '\75' '\76' '\77' '\78' '\79' '\7A';
@@ -4623,8 +4658,13 @@ <h2 class=no-num id=index>Index</h2>
    <li>fixed-decimal, <a href="#fixed-decimal"
     title=fixed-decimal><strong>8.1.3.</strong></a>
 
+<<<<<<< Overview.html
+   <li>footnotes, <a href="#footnotes"
+    title=footnotes><strong>8.1.4.</strong></a>
+=======
    <li>footnote, <a href="#footnote" title=footnote><strong>9.4.</strong></a>
 
+>>>>>>> 1.63
 
    <li>fullwidth-decimal, <a href="#fullwidth-decimal"
     title=fullwidth-decimal><strong>9.2.</strong></a>

css3-lists/Overview.src.html

@@ -1126,6 +1126,9 @@ <h4>
 
 	<p>The ''symbolic'' counter type cycles repeatedly through its provided glyphs,
 	doubling, tripling, etc. the glyphs on each successive pass through the list.
+	For example, if the original glyphs were "*" and "†", then on the second pass
+	they would instead be "**" and "††", while on the third they would be "***"
+	and "†††", etc.
 	It can be used for footnote-style markers, and is also sometimes used for
 	alphabetic-style lists for a slightly different presentation than what the
 	''alphabetic'' type presents.</p>
@@ -1147,28 +1150,25 @@ <h4>
 	<p>Finally, return <var>S</var>.</p>
 
 	<div class=example>
-		<p>An "unary" counter style can be defined as:</p>
+		<p>An "footnotes" counter style can be defined as:</p>
 
 		<pre>
-@counter-style <dfn>upper-alpha-symbolic</dfn> {
+@counter-style <dfn>footnotes</dfn> {
 	type: symbolic;
-	glyphs: 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D' 'E' 'F' 'G' 'H' 'I' 'J' 'K' 'L' 'M' 'N' 'O' 'P' 'Q' 'R' 'S' 'T' 'U' 'V' 'W' 'X' 'Y' 'Z';
+	glyphs: '*' '⁑' '†' '‡';
+	suffix: '';
 }
 		</pre>
 
 		<p>It will then produce lists that look like:</p>
 
 		<pre>
-A.    One
-B.    Two
-...
-Z.    Twenty-six
-AA.   Twenty-seven
-BB.   Twenty-eight
-...
-ZZ.   Fifty-two
-AAA.  Fifty-three
-BBB.  Fifty-four
+*.   One
+⁑.   Two
+†.   Three
+‡.   Four
+**.  Five
+⁑⁑.  Six
 		</pre>
 
 		<p class='note'>Note the difference between this and the alphabetic 
@@ -2176,13 +2176,6 @@ <h3 id='predefined-symbolic'>
 	suffix: '';
 }
 
-@counter-style <dfn>footnote</dfn> {
-	type: symbolic;
-	glyphs: '\2A' '\2051' '\2020' '\2021';
-	/* '*' '⁑' '†' '‡' */
-	suffix: '';
-}
-
 @counter-style <dfn>lower-alpha-symbolic</dfn> {
 	type: symbolic;
 	glyphs: '\61' '\62' '\63' '\64' '\65' '\66' '\67' '\68' '\69' '\6A' '\6B' '\6C' '\6D' '\6E' '\6F' '\70' '\71' '\72' '\73' '\74' '\75' '\76' '\77' '\78' '\79' '\7A';