[GTALUG] [OT] first stanza in css not understood

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, Howard Gibson wrote:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:53:58 -0400
> "Paul King" <sciguy at vex.net> wrote:
>
>>> | From: Paul King <sciguy at vex.net>
>>>
>>> | Thanks for your help. I didn't know that // wasn't a comment, my VIM editor
>>> | seemed to highlught it that way, and it also seemed harmless as long as the CSS
>>
>> ugh! "CSS" should have read "Javascript"!
>>
>> On 3 Apr 2016 at 10:12, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> If you want to check for errors, use some verifier: something tasked
>>> with being picky.  It used to be that "validator" was useful.
>>> <https://validator.w3.org/>
>>> <https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/>
>
>   I checked it by plugging it into one of my stylesheets. There are
>   number of stupid things I have found that will make stylesheets
>   not work. Attaching more than one stylesheet to your HTML code has
>   interesting results.

Attaching more than one stylesheet to your HTML code has well-defined
results; it is a very common practice..

> This is easy if you are using a graphic HTML
>   editor. This is one of the many advantages of VI.

s/VI/ANY text editor/

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Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>