On 11/7/2012 1:49 PM, Robert Gibbins wrote:
Lee's scheme seems to offer another way round this problem, namely that one would merely at the appropriate point in the text mark up with <div style="margin-left: n em">text content</div> thus not needing any css classes at all.
BTW, your margin example is not a good one. If you're changing margins you'd better have a good reason for doing so, other than simply because you think it looks better that way, in which case the right thing to do is to classify the <div> by the reason rather than trying to style it. E.g.: div.newspaper { margin-left: 2em; } div.toc { margin-left: 0em; } div.signinbarbershopwindow { margin-left: 3em } If you don't have a semantic reason for changing margins, don't do it. Only use inline styles on elements when there is really no alternative, and no one would want it done otherwise. If there's /any/ chance that a reader would disagree with your choice of style, put it in an external style sheet.