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Re: [BUG] Empty string as display property
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David Kastrup |
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Re: [BUG] Empty string as display property |
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Fri, 13 May 2005 19:13:14 +0200 |
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Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> writes:
> Lars Hansen wrote:
>
> An empty string as display property has the advantage over the invisible
> property that it can be made conditional.
>
> That is not what the display property is for. If you want to make
> text invisible, use the invisibility property. The display property
> is already abused enough as is.
Whatever. But this is not an additional use of the display property,
but merely a special case of existing functionality. As such, it
should not fail, regardless whether or not other means to achieve
similar effects exist.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum