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Author: howcome

css-multicol/Overview.html

@@ -966,8 +966,9 @@ <h3 id=pseudo-algorithm><span class=secno>3.4. </span>Pseudo-algorithm</h3>
   <p>The pseudo-algorithm below determines the used values for ‘<a
    href="#column-count"><code class=property>column-count</code></a>’ (N)
    and ‘<a href="#column-width"><code
-   class=property>column-width</code></a>’ (W). There is one other variable
-   in the pseudo-algorithm: U is the used width of the multi-column element.
+   class=property>column-width</code></a>’ (W) when . There is one other
+   variable in the pseudo-algorithm: U is the used width of the multi-column
+   element.
 
   <p class=note>The used width U of the multi-column element can depend on
    the element's contents, in which case it also depends on the computed
@@ -991,20 +992,22 @@ <h3 id=pseudo-algorithm><span class=secno>3.4. </span>Pseudo-algorithm</h3>
   <p>The <code>floor(X)</code> function returns the largest integer Y ≤ X.
 
   <pre>
-(01)  if column-width = auto then
-(02)      N := column-count
-(03)   else if column-count = auto then
-(04)      N := max(1, 
-(05)        floor((U + column-gap)/(column-width + column-gap)))
-(06)    else
-(07)      N := min(column-count, max(1, 
-(08)        floor((U + column-gap)/(column-width + column-gap))))
+(01)  if ((column-width = auto) and (column-count = auto)) then
+(02)      exit; /* not a multicol element */
+(03)  if column-width = auto then
+(04)      N := column-count
+(05)  else if column-count = auto then
+(06)      N := max(1, 
+(07)        floor((U + column-gap)/(column-width + column-gap)))
+(08)  else
+(09)      N := min(column-count, max(1, 
+(10)        floor((U + column-gap)/(column-width + column-gap))))
 </pre>
 
   <p>And:
 
   <pre>
-(09)  W := max(0, ((U + column-gap)/N - column-gap)
+(11)  W := max(0, ((U + column-gap)/N - column-gap)
 </pre>
 
   <p>In paged media, user agents may perform this calculation on a per-page