Subject: Re: Questions about our XML grammar
From: Sam TH (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 10 2001 - 19:02:14 CST
On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:25:54AM -0500, Randy Kramer wrote:
> Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> >
> > At 3:05 PM -0800 1/9/01, Paul Rohr wrote:
> > > >* Is there a reason we call it "props" rather than "style"? Yes, it
> > > >is our properties, but it's also similar to CSS style values.
> > >
> > >Two reasons.
> > >
> > >1. We didn't want to suggest full CSS compatibility everywhere.
> >
> > That makes sense and it isn't that big a deal, but was
> > wondering if there was a reason.
>
> Well, OK, but:
>
> 1. Props is non-intuitive, especially for our favorite target client.
> (You know, the church secretary.) (And, for me.)
Well, if the church secretary spends their time looking at the .abw
source, then they are no longer our favorite target. :-)
>
> 2. I don't think CSS invented "styles" -- I don't think Word did either,
> but I think they've been using "styles" since Word 3 (1983?), or
> earlier.
>
> Randy Kramer
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