[thelist] CSS max-width question.

Saila, Craig Craig.Saila at bgminteractive.com
Mon Aug 12 17:14:01 CDT 2002


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan_A_McPherson at rl.gov
> [mailto:Jonathan_A_McPherson at rl.gov]
> Sent: August 12, 2002 5:36 PM

> BTW, these comment sequences intrigued me...
> <!--/*--><![CDATA[/*><!--*/ [ ... ] /*]]>*/-->
>
> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
> [ ... ]
> //--><!]]>
>
> I do believe I'll rip those off for when I use inline JavaScript/CSS.
>
> I wonder if the above is a result of a subtle effort by the
> W3C to make escaping inline scripts/style sheets so tricky
> that everyone links them externally? (-;

Actually, I think they were proposed by, I think, Andrew Clover on WD-L
as means of having valid comments in XHTML documents. But you're right,
they definitely encourage you to take that stuff external!

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Cheers,

Craig Saila
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