[dbaron revision history] Pull in text on @import. (date: 2003/07/16 22:19:59)

Author: dbaron

css3-syntax/Overview.src.html

@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ <h3 id="at-rules" class="index-def" title="at-rules">At-rules</h3>
 
 <p>CSS3 user agents must <span class="index-inst" title="ignore"><a
 href="#ignore">ignore</a></span> any <a
-href="cascade.html#at-import">'@import'</a> rule that occurs inside a <a
+href="#at-import">'@import'</a> rule that occurs inside a <a
 href="#block">block</a> or that doesn't precede all rule sets.
 
 <div class="illegal-example"><p>
@@ -1220,6 +1220,42 @@ <h3 id="at-import">Style sheets including other style sheets:
 way.  Further, state that @import without a medium must ignore any
 medium specified for the same style sheet in a link from a document]</p>
 
+<p>The <span class="index-def"
+title="@import"><dfn>'@import'</dfn></span> rule allows users to
+import style rules from other style sheets. Any @import rules must
+precede all rule sets in a style sheet. The '@import' keyword must be
+followed by the URI of the style sheet to include. A string is also
+allowed; it will be interpreted as if it had url(...) around it.</p>
+
+<div class="example"><p> 
+The following lines are equivalent in meaning and illustrate both
+'@import' syntaxes (one with "url()" and one with a bare string):</p>
+
+<pre>
+@import "mystyle.css";
+@import url("mystyle.css");
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>So that user agents can avoid retrieving resources for unsupported
+<a href="media.html">media types</a>, authors may specify
+media-dependent <span class="index-inst"
+title="@import">@import</span> rules.  These <span class="index-def"
+title="conditional import|media-dependent import">conditional
+imports</span> specify comma-separated media types after the URI.</p>
+
+<div class="example">
+<p>The following rules illustrate how @import rules can be made media-dependent:</p>
+
+<pre>
+@import url("fineprint.css") print;
+@import url("bluish.css") projection, tv;
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the absence of any media types, the import is
+unconditional. Specifying 'all' for the medium has the same effect.</p>
+
 
 <h2>Defining namespaces:  the <code>@namespace</code> rule</h2>