Ben Bucksch wrote:
> Somebody suggested using char(something) instead of url(animage). Is
> that possible?
That somebody was me. I was suggesting it as a proposal, not as something
that presently exists.... a way that css could be extended in css3 that was
different than a pseudo-class and maybe more widely appropriate.
> Observing the font size of the quoted text would be good.
>
> Also, as akk already mentioned, using background shows problems during
> copy. In the clipboard, there won't be any indication that the text was
> quoted.
It would be nice to have copy/paste retain css information in mozilla... some
sort of "Paste Special".
> I istill believe that creating a :line-start pseudo-class or similar in
> Gecko would be the best solution, in part because I think, it would be
> generally useful, i.e. should be part of CSS3.
I really think that generated content is the wrong approach here. The
content, whether is be > or vertical lines, is really only a style to indicate
that it is someone else's quote. That is why I suggested a style that behaved
like a background to the margin or padding. By adding content in such a way
that it would be added to the document, it becomes a more permanent part of
the content, which seems wrong to me.
-Dylan Schiemann
http://www.dylanschiemann.com/
