Re: [Orgmode] CSS and cascading

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 26, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:

> I am no CSS expert but as I understand the 'cascade' -- C in the CSS  
> -- is used so that one can compose a style piecemeal from simpler  
> styles.  If I use the suggestions of incorporating CSS given in the  
> org manual in the CSS support of HTML export (section 12.5.5) the  
> new CSS replaces the old.

I think this is a reasonable expectation.  While it is good that the  
user can replace the entire style info or point to a css file, I agree  
that there should also be a possibility to add to the default style  
specifications.

I have just implemented a new variable `org-export-html-style-extra'  
that can be used for this purpose.  The text in the new variable will  
be spliced into the style, just before the </style> tag.  Note that if  
you use the org-export-html-style variable to refer to a .css style  
*file*, org-export-html-style-extra will be ignored.

- Carsten