revised overflow description

howcom · howcom · commit f5236b8a3b47 · 2009-02-22T23:22:45.000Z
diff --git a/css3-multicol/Overview.src.html b/css3-multicol/Overview.src.html
@@ -1,33 +1,4 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
-"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
-
-<!-- 
-
-define 'auto' values on column-width, column-count 
-
-don't break tables, pictures
-
-http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2007JanMar/0051.html
-
-    How about saying that if both are set, the column-count is regarded
-    as a maximum? So for example, if I have an element and set
-
-       column: 30em 6;
-
-    then I'll get as many 30em columns as will fit, or 6 columns if more
-    than 6 will fit.
-
-
-http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2007JulSep/0049.html
-
-    I don't know what zero (or negative) values might be good for, so I 
-    agree: the spec should say that the values of both properties must be 
-    greater than zero.
-
-http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2007JulSep/0053.html
-
--->
-
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta content="text/html" http-equiv="Content-Type">
@@ -910,7 +881,7 @@ <h3>'column-gap'</h3>
       <td>visual
     <tr>
       <td><em>Computed&nbsp;value:</em>
-      <td>specified value
+      <td>absolute length or 'normal'
 </table>
 
 
@@ -1059,7 +1030,8 @@ <h3>'column-rule'</h3>
 
 <p>This property is a shorthand property for setting
 'column-rule-width', 'column-rule-style', and 'column-rule-color' at
-the same place in the style sheet. Omitted values are set to their initial values.
+the same place in the style sheet. Omitted values are set to their
+initial values.
 
 
 
@@ -1334,18 +1306,35 @@ <h2>Filling columns</h2>
 
 <h2>Overflow and multi-column elements</h2>
 
+<p>
+
 <p>Content that extend into column gaps (e.g., long words and floats
 that are higher and/or wider than the column box) is clipped in the
-middle of the column gap. Content that extend outside column boxes at
+middle of the column gap. 
+
+<p class="issue">However, some content (e.g., floats) may intrude into other columns.
+
+<p>Content that extend outside column boxes at
 the edges of the multi-column element is clipped according to the
 'overflow' property.
 
-<p class="note">However, some content (e.g., floats) may intrude into other columns. 
 
 <p>A multi-column element can have more columns than it has room for due to:
 
 <ul>
-<li>A constrained column height. The height can be constrained by a rule on the multi-column element, or, in paged media, by the size of the page.
+<li>Constrained column height. The height can be constrained by a
+rule on the multi-column element. In paged media, the height can also
+be constrained by the size of the page.
+
+<li>Explicit column breaks.
+</ul>
+
+<p>In paged media, columns for which there is not room within the page
+are are moved to the next page.
+
+<p>In continuous media, the columns for which there is no room within
+the multicol element are progressivly added in the inline direction.
+
 
 <div class="example">
 
@@ -1410,8 +1399,6 @@ <h2>Overflow and multi-column elements</h2>
 </div>
 
 
-<li>Explicit column breaks.
-
 <div class="example">
 
 <p>In this example, explicit column breaks are generated after paragraphs:
@@ -1464,11 +1451,6 @@ <h2>Overflow and multi-column elements</h2>
 </div>
 
 
-</ul>
-
-
-<p>In paged media, columns for which there is not room within the page
-are are moved to the next page.
 
 <div class="example">
 
