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

[Conal T. <con...@ve...>]

On 28/07/12 01:18, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen wrote:
> 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!

Thanks Michael! :-)

Here's a slightly improved version where an XML parser which evaluates 
the text content of the css element will also get valid CSS (the 
previous version had unmatched CSS comment markers):

<!--/*--><css><![CDATA[/**/

/* Plain old css goes in here, & and < are all good */

h1 {
     color: green;
}

/*]]>*/<!--/*--></css><!--*/-->


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Conal Tuohy
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