[tei-council] @style

[Martin Holmes]

This is interesting. These are actually instances where a CSS 
pseudo-element is needed, so they're not naturals for @style or even 
@rendition/<rendition>. For instance, in the case of the first, in 
XHTML/CSS, you would do:

#el:before{
	content: '\2018';
}
#el:after{
	content: '\2019';
}

It's not possible to put this kind of CSS into an XHTML @style attribute 
AFAIK, because a key part of the information is in the selector, not the 
ruleset. You could do something like this:

<rendition xml:id="saidBefore">content: '\2018';</rendition>
<rendition xml:id="saidAfter">content: '\2019';</rendition>

and then link with:

<said rendition="#saidBefore #saidAfter">...

but this relies on the processor "knowing" that <rendition>s with 
"Before" or "After" suffixes in their @xml:ids are to be converted into 
pseudo-elements in CSS.

Can anyone see a more elegant way to do this?

Cheers,
Martin

On 12-10-05 10:41 AM, Lou Burnard wrote:
> I am currently working my way through CO, HD, and ST implementing our
> decision to introduce @style. Mostly it's pretty plain sailing, but I
> have just hit a passage in  CO where I'd appreciate Council's guidance.
>
> At the end of COHQQ I find the following rather exotic examples :
>
> <egXML xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples"
> corresp="#DSHD-eg-30"><said rend="PRE lsquo POST rsquo">Who-e debel
>    you?</said> — he at last said —
>    <said rend="PRE lsquo POST rsquo">you no speak-e,
>    damme, I kill-e.</said>  And so saying,
>    the lighted tomahawk began flourishing
>    about me in the dark.</egXML>
>
>    <egXML xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples"
> 	corresp="#COHQQ-eg-23" xml:lang="fr">Adolphe se tourna vers lui :
>    <said>— Alors, Albert, quoi de neuf?</said>
>    <said>— Pas grand-chose.</said>
>    <said>— Il fait beau,</said> dit Robert.</egXML>
>
> <egXML xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/Examples" corresp="#COHQQ-eg-23"
> xml:lang="fr">Adolphe se tourna vers lui :
>    <said rend="PRE mdash">Alors,
>    Albert, quoi de neuf ?</said>
>    <said rend="PRE mdash">Pas grand-chose.</said>
>    <said rend="PRE mdash">Il fait beau,</said>
>    dit Robert.</egXML>
>    </p>
>
> Would someone like to propose better encodings for these, using @style
> and/or @rendition? Or should we leave them?
>
>
>

-- 
Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)