[css2] Added explanation of \A to define <BR>

bert-github · bert-github · commit 102143404ad4 · 1998-02-11T10:42:39.000Z
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diff --git a/css2/text.src b/css2/text.src
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: text.src,v 2.1 1998-02-10 00:55:31 ijacobs Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: text.src,v 2.2 1998-02-11 10:42:39 bbos Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Text</TITLE>
@@ -447,12 +447,20 @@ style sheet.
 <H2>Text in HTML</H2>
 <H3>Forcing a line break</H3>
 
-<!-- Is this still true? -IJ -->
-<P> The current CSS2 properties and values cannot describe the
-behavior of the BR element; the BR element specifies a line break
-between words.  In effect, the element is replaced by a line
-break. Future versions of CSS may handle added and replaced content,
-but CSS2-based formatters must treat BR specially.
+<p>HTML has a &lt;BR&gt; element that forces a line break. In CSS2, an
+explicit line break can be created with the <a href=
+"generate.html#before-after-content">`:before' or `:after'</a>
+pseudo-elements. The default rule for the BR element of HTML is as
+follows:
+
+<pre class="example">
+BR:before {content: "\A"}
+</pre>
+
+<p>See <a href="generate.html">"Generated content and automatic
+numbering"</a> for explanations of the <span class=
+"propinst-content">`content'</span> property and the use of the
+"\A" escape sequence.
 
 </BODY>
 </HTML>
