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Bug 23811 - "To fire an event named e means that an event using" which event?
Summary: "To fire an event named e means that an event using" which event?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: DOM (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 trivial
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anne
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2013-11-12 21:41 UTC by Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
Modified: 2013-11-20 14:23 UTC (History)
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Description Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-11-12 21:41:06 UTC 
http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#firing-events

The spec says for "fire": "To fire an event named e means that an event using..."

It doesn't say to create the event first, so it's reasonable to assume that this is a pre-existing event. It doesn't say how to determine which preexisting event to use. It should just say that an event is to be created, and that event is to be dispatched, or some such.
Comment 1 Anne 2013-11-20 14:19:54 UTC 
So instead of "an event" you want that to say "a new event"? I guess that's fair.