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Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:36:15 +0900
- Author
- Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net>
That was sort of intentional in the way I wrote my selector. Rather than going for the language of the reader as the one to use for the quotation marks, I went with the language surrounding the (pot
Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:36:15 +0900
- Author
- Florian Rivoal <florian@rivoal.net>
That was sort of intentional in the way I wrote my selector. Rather than going for the language of the reader as the one to use for the quotation marks, I went with the language surrounding the (pot
Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:53:24 -0400
- Author
- John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
ishida@w3.org scripsit: I boil it down to two principles: 1) Don't use the q element for the sake of display; use it only if you have to mark up quotations in HTML for some kind of processing other t
Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:53:24 -0400
- Author
- John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
ishida@w3.org scripsit: I boil it down to two principles: 1) Don't use the q element for the sake of display; use it only if you have to mark up quotations in HTML for some kind of processing other t
Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:31:31 +0100
- Author
- ishida@w3.org
I created some tests for the q element in HTML, with results for major browsers. See https://www.w3.org/International/tests/repo/results/the-q-element SUMMARY [1] all major desktop browsers put quote
Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:31:31 +0100
- Author
- ishida@w3.org
I created some tests for the q element in HTML, with results for major browsers. See https://www.w3.org/International/tests/repo/results/the-q-element SUMMARY [1] all major desktop browsers put quote
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:22:19 -0400
- Author
- "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@w3.org>
The q element would be more useful if there was a standard way to identify the speaker of the direct speech act, and to join together speech acts interrupted by (he said) interjections or across para
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:22:19 -0400
- Author
- "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@w3.org>
The q element would be more useful if there was a standard way to identify the speaker of the direct speech act, and to join together speech acts interrupted by (he said) interjections or across para
Re: Expected behaviour of quotation marks
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:53:04 -0400
- Author
- fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
No, but this is not a case where its appropriate, either. =) Think about: what if this was the UA style sheet? ~fantasai
RE: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:40:34 -0700
- Author
- "Tex Texin" <textexin@xencraft.com>
Richard, thanks. I should have been more explicit. I recognize the value in being able to identify quoted content and to stylize it (eg italicizing it) and to tweak the rendering of the quote marks (
RE: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:40:34 -0700
- Author
- "Tex Texin" <textexin@xencraft.com>
Richard, thanks. I should have been more explicit. I recognize the value in being able to identify quoted content and to stylize it (eg italicizing it) and to tweak the rendering of the quote marks (
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:24:40 -0400
- Author
- John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
Tex Texin scripsit: Ah, I didn't know that, but what I know about CSS could be kept in a thimble. In that case, I'd say that if you must use the q element, make sure to set the quotes property approp
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:24:40 -0400
- Author
- John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
Tex Texin scripsit: Ah, I didn't know that, but what I know about CSS could be kept in a thimble. In that case, I'd say that if you must use the q element, make sure to set the quotes property approp
RE: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 09:54:22 -0700
- Author
- "Tex Texin" <textexin@xencraft.com>
You can override quote characters for the q element with the quotes property. (When browsers support the property) This can be configured by language if needed. q { quotes: "«" "»"; } Did I mistake
RE: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 09:54:22 -0700
- Author
- "Tex Texin" <textexin@xencraft.com>
You can override quote characters for the q element with the quotes property. (When browsers support the property) This can be configured by language if needed. q { quotes: "«" "»"; } Did I mistake
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 17:48:55 +0100
- Author
- ishida@w3.org
well, it's not what i was discussing ;-) I was (a) trying to establish what the requirements are, so that (b) i can have another bash at getting things sorted out in HTML5, and probably CSS too. howe
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 17:48:55 +0100
- Author
- ishida@w3.org
well, it's not what i was discussing ;-) I was (a) trying to establish what the requirements are, so that (b) i can have another bash at getting things sorted out in HTML5, and probably CSS too. howe
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:59:46 -0400
- Author
- John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
Phillips, Addison scripsit: Are we? I thought we were talking about how to make use of the q element given existing browser behavior, to which my answer is "Don't." -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 11:59:46 -0400
- Author
- John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
Phillips, Addison scripsit: Are we? I thought we were talking about how to make use of the q element given existing browser behavior, to which my answer is "Don't." -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/
Re: Is <q> useful? [was Expected behaviour of quotation marks]
- Date
- Fri, 8 Apr 2016 15:00:15 +0000
- Author
- "Phillips, Addison" <addison@lab126.com>
Isn't that what we're discussing fixing? (Sent from my Fire tablet) ishida@w3.org scripsit: I agree that it would be good to have a way to semantically identify quotations in running text. It's the
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