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span: abbr: span
Hi Textile weavers! Should not we get rid of the requirement to enclose abbreviations in <span class="caps"> tags automatically? What is the point for it? Nevertheless, the two-letter abbreviation remains unmarked, just as US in the Textile manual itself. In my case, when I need to insert an English acronym into a Lithuanian text, it turns into a ridiculous ‹span›‹abbr›‹span› piece of HTML code:
%[en]LLM(language Learning Models)%<span lang="en"><abbr title="language learning models"><span class="caps">LLM</span></abbr></span>When an abbreviation is needed, we can specify it precisely: CBDC(Central Bank Digital Currency). Which would be enough to enclose in a single ‹abbr› tag, couldn’t it?
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Re: span: abbr: span
And furthermore, if you want the abbr without the title attribute (e.g you are inserting the abbreviation a second or more time) there is no Textile way of doing it…
Best /recommended practice in some more accessibility focussed circles: the first time you insert the full series of words followed by the abbr in between (). Second and further use only the abbreviation. That pleases everybody.
Central Bank Digital Currency <abbr>CBDC</abbr>Note that most screen readers ignore the abbr tag; they just just read the string of letters.
Where is that emoji for a solar powered submarine when you need it ?
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