How can I make a Hn begin with an o

[deltarho]

How can I make a Hn begin with an open quote and end with a close quote?

 

[dkdude]

deltarho,

In CSS2, this should work:

<STYLE TYPE=&quot;text/css&quot;>
  h1:before {
    content: open-quote;
  } 
  h1:after {
    content: close-quote;
  } 
</STYLE>

This link shows that it works in NetScape 6+:

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/css/quickref/css_content.html

Another link:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_gen_content.asp

However, in my IE5, it does not work?!

Another approach could be a JavaScript function like this one (placed in the HEAD section of your code):

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
  function myH1(text) {
    document.write('<H1>&quot;'+text+'&quot;</H1>');
  }
</SCRIPT>

... and this goes into the BODY where needed:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
  myH1('This one has quotes!');
</SCRIPT>

Good luck §;O)


Jakob

 

[dolphyn]

deltarho
Another way is to use HTML escape sequences.

i.e. “ gives an open quote,
” gives a close quote,
&ampquot; gives a neutral quote that could be used as either an open or close quote

E.g.

<H1>&#147;Heading Goes Here&#148;</H1>

will show on your page as

"Heading Goes Here"

dolphyn

 

[deltarho]

Thanks Jakob and dolphyn

What I was doing was pasting quotes from several sources including email and reconfigured H6 in OE6 so that they all rendered with the same font-family and so on. Just dropping the cursor into the text followed by Format>Style>Heading 6 worked a treat. Being bone idle I wanted open and end quotes inserting for me.

I couldn't quite figure the before/after in a CSS context and your first suggestion, Jakob, looked like a winner. It appears that it doesn't work with IE6 on board either.

Had you known what I was up to both of you probably wouldn't have mentioned the other methods as they, in this context, would be a hassle compared with my just inserting the quotes into the text myself.

I will look further into the before/after method because I find it hard to believe that IE6 is failing here. Perhaps MS are using an unconventional syntax. No surprises on that score!

Thanks again guys.

 

[dkdude]

deltarho,

So you've got many files to edit...

I use a text editor called NoteTab Light to write my code in. NoteTab can work with multiple documents and you can easily search/replace all instances in all documents. Quick and easy! And free!

Heres the link:

http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php

Good Luck §;O)


Jakob

PS. Let us know if you find a better workaround!

 

[deltarho]

Thanks Jakob. I use Textpad which has many syntax files including html. I've been using it for years but it is shareware.

It looks like ':before' and ':after' has not been implemented in the IE html parser. It doesn't even appear to have been implemented in Firebird either. Pity, as I cam imagine many uses besides my simple use.