Technical NoteThe original text showed two types of changes, as seen in this page image:page imageIn the e-text, deleted text is shown withsolid underlines, while changed text hasdashed underlines. Additional features will appear if you hover or click (changed sections only) on the underlined text. Exact behavior depends on your browser, so you may need to experiment. In particular, thetitle box—in most current browsers, smaller text against a yellow background—may take a few moments to appear.Deleted textwill show a title box giving theedition number of the deletionin the form{DEL. 7th}.Changed textwill have the same type of title box, giving the edition number of the change in the form{7th}. In addition, the new text will appear, followed by blank space (necessary for technical reasons) representing the original. The inserted text could not be formatted, so italics—or de-italicized word in italic sections—are shown with _lowlines_.Any changes or deletions that span multiple paragraphs are shown separately for each paragraph.As noted above, users who find the mouse-hover behavior distracting need simply keep their mouse or cursor in text-free areas such a margin or scroll bar.Users who are comfortable editing HTML filesshould try replacing the element "border-bottom" in the CSS forspan.changeandspan.deletewith "outline". Not all browsers interpret this feature correctly; those that do will outline the entire text block as a single unit.Back to Top
The original text showed two types of changes, as seen in this page image:
page image
In the e-text, deleted text is shown withsolid underlines, while changed text hasdashed underlines. Additional features will appear if you hover or click (changed sections only) on the underlined text. Exact behavior depends on your browser, so you may need to experiment. In particular, thetitle box—in most current browsers, smaller text against a yellow background—may take a few moments to appear.
Deleted textwill show a title box giving theedition number of the deletionin the form{DEL. 7th}.
Changed textwill have the same type of title box, giving the edition number of the change in the form{7th}. In addition, the new text will appear, followed by blank space (necessary for technical reasons) representing the original. The inserted text could not be formatted, so italics—or de-italicized word in italic sections—are shown with _lowlines_.
Any changes or deletions that span multiple paragraphs are shown separately for each paragraph.
As noted above, users who find the mouse-hover behavior distracting need simply keep their mouse or cursor in text-free areas such a margin or scroll bar.
Users who are comfortable editing HTML filesshould try replacing the element "border-bottom" in the CSS forspan.changeandspan.deletewith "outline". Not all browsers interpret this feature correctly; those that do will outline the entire text block as a single unit.
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