1- < !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
1+ is !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
22<html lang="en">
3- <!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 1.44 1997-11-28 16:06:05 howcome Exp $ -->
3+ <!-- $Id: visuren.src,v 1.45 1997-12-05 14:10:14 howcome Exp $ -->
44<HEAD>
55<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
66<TITLE>Visual rendering model</TITLE>
@@ -729,12 +729,12 @@ children elements: children elements always flow relative to the
729729position of their parent (the floater or absolutely positioned
730730element) unless positioned absolutely themselves.
731731
732- <P>A floated box is moved to the left or right until the margin,
732+ <P>A floating box is moved to the left or right until the margin,
733733padding, or border of another block-level element is reached.
734734
735- <P>User agents take the boundaries of floated boxes into account when
735+ <P>User agents take the boundaries of floating boxes into account when
736736flowing subsequent boxes, i.e., boxes that follow flow around the
737- floated box. The margins, borders and padding of the floated box are
737+ floating box. The margins, borders and padding of the floating box are
738738honored, and the margins never collapse with the margins of adjacent
739739elements.
740740
@@ -747,9 +747,11 @@ property for the element generating the box.
747747it appears in the text. With a value of 'left' ('right') the element
748748will be moved to the left ('right') and the text will wrap on the
749749right (left) side of the element. With a value of 'left' or 'right',
750- the element is treated as <a href="#block-level">block-level</a> (and
751- thus the <span class="propinst-display">'display'</span> property is
752- ignored).
750+ the element said to be floating, and automatically becomes a <a
751+ href="#block-level">block-level</a> element.
752+
753+ <!-- Hakon: we can't say 'display' is ignored since 'none' still has
754+ an effect -->
753755
754756<P> This property is most often used with inline images, but also
755757applies to text elements.
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