Re: [Xsltforms-support] CSS not applied when using XSLTForms

[C. M. Sperberg-M. <cm...@bl...>]

On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:19 PM, Conal Tuohy wrote:

> It's convenient, if you have to author CSS documents in a well-formed XML file, to be able to retain CSS validity. 

My thoughts exactly.

> In order to hide CSS from HTML 3 user agents, the CSS grammar allows SGML comment delimiters, which it ignores. So with a bit of finagling you can write polyglot xml/css using just a tricky prolog and epilog, e.g.
> 
> <!--/*--><css><![CDATA[*/
> 
> /* Plain old css goes in here, & and < are all good */
> 
> h1 {
>     color: green;
> }
> 
> /*]]></css><!--*/-->

That is one of the most ingenious, twisted, sick and brilliant hacks I've
seen in a while.  Thank you for that!

Michael

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