[css2] added section on order of property computation (needs work)

ianbjacobs · ianbjacobs · commit bb765411e7ac · 1997-11-26T00:13:11.000Z
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
 <html lang="en">
-<!-- $Id: notes.src,v 1.10 1997-11-21 00:09:10 ian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: notes.src,v 1.11 1997-11-26 00:13:11 ian Exp $ -->
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
 <TITLE>Appendix C: Implementation and performance notes</TITLE>
@@ -11,6 +11,33 @@
 <BODY>
 <H1 align="center">Appendix C: Implementation and performance
 notes</H1>
+
+<h2>Order of property value calculation</h2>
+<P><em>This section is under construction</em>
+
+<P>Due to dependencies among properties, user agents must 
+<a href="cascade.html#computed-value">compute</a> some property
+values in a specific order.
+
+<ul>
+<li><span class="propinst-font-size">'font-size'</span> must be
+computed before any property that may take a <a
+href="syndata.html#absrel-units">relative length</a> units.
+
+<li><span class="propinst-display">'display'</span>, <span
+class="propinst-position">'position'</span>, and <span
+class="propinst-float">'float'</span> must be computed before other
+<a href="flowobj.html">visual flow</a> properties.
+
+<li><span class="propinst-line-height">'line-height'</span> must be
+computed before <span
+class="propinst-vertical-align">'vertical-align'</span>.
+
+<li>An element's width and height must be computed before 
+<span class="propinst-background-position">'background-position'</span>.
+</ul>
+
+
 <H2>Colors</H2>
 <H3><a name="gamma-correction">Gamma Correction</a></H3>
 
@@ -90,7 +117,7 @@ http://www.microsoft.com/TRUETYPE/OTSPEC/dsig.htm -->
 <dt><a name="definingFontCaching"></A><b>Font Caching</b></dt>
 
 <dd><i>Font caching</i> allows for a temporary copy of fonts on the client
-system. They are usually stored on disk with other cached items such as
+system. They are often stored on disk with other cached items such as
 graphics specifically for the UA.</dd>
 
 
