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Bug 9504 - "text ... highlighted for reference purposes" sounds to me as if code syntax highlighting was one application, but #the-span-element and bug 9468 say otherwise
Summary: "text ... highlighted for reference purposes" sounds to me as if code syntax ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-04-13 10:42 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:29 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-04-13 10:42:08 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-mark-element

Comment:
"text ... highlighted for reference purposes" sounds to me as if code syntax
highlighting was one application, but #the-span-element and bug 9468 say
otherwise

Posted from: 90.136.177.217
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-04-13 22:55:54 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: I've added some text to one of the <mark> examples mentioning this. I'm not really sure how to change the first paragraph... I don't understand why "highlighted for reference purposes" sounds like syntax highlighting.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-04-13 22:57:13 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5041.
Check-in comment: Clarify <mark> vs syntax highlighting.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5040&to=5041