Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Leons, you forgot to CC the list. Leons Petrazickis wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: m is for highlighting text that is of some interest to the reader, but it does not alter the meaning of the text itself. Would you say that em is semantic and m is presentational, with the difference from span

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Nicholas Shanks
On concern that we would be 'wasting' such a short element name for such an esoteric usage, why not call it mark instead? - Nicholas. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
On Feb 7, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Nicholas Shanks wrote: On concern that we would be 'wasting' such a short element name for such an esoteric usage, why not call it mark instead? I agree, I think the spec should be hesitant to introduce additional single-letter element names. Regards, Maciej

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Jonathan Worent
--- Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leons, you forgot to CC the list. Leons Petrazickis wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: m is for highlighting text that is of some interest to the reader, but it does not alter the meaning of the text itself. Would you say that em is semantic and

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:21:49 +0530, Jonathan Worent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leons, you forgot to CC the list. Leons Petrazickis wrote: Lachlan Hunt wrote: m is for highlighting text that is of some interest to the reader, but it does not

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Lachlan Hunt
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: In what way, apart from denoting that something is particularly relevant within a phrase in a given context, does emphasis change the meaning of something? The spec gives a good example showing how it changes the meaning.

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread David Latapie
Leons Petrazickis wrote: No, m does have semantics. It marks a specific point of interest, as you might do with a highlighter, it just doesn't alter the meaning of the text itself. m isn't really needed for revision tracking, we have ins and del for that. Though, another use case is

Re: [whatwg] The m element

2007-02-07 Thread Charles McCathieNevile
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:01:52 +0530, Lachlan Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Charles McCathieNevile wrote: In what way, apart from denoting that something is particularly relevant within a phrase in a given context, does emphasis change the meaning of something? The spec gives a good example

Re: [whatwg] Rethinking emphasis (was:The m element)

2007-02-07 Thread David Latapie
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:16:09 +0530, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: Strong provides a strong emphasis, no? One is stronger than the other. Given that HTML5 allows nesting of emphasis, there is not much point in having the strong element as well, is there? If em refers to the importance