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CSS selectors for language's normal writing system but not IPA
[edit]I don't know how I hadn't noticed this yet in more than a year, but the -Latn-fonipa-suffixed lang attribute in this template is causing me problems when I've applied a CSS rule to language-tagged text. I get Hebrew-script-appropriate fonts applied to a Hebrew IPA transcription in Gal Gadot because I use the selector :lang(he) in my personal stylesheet that captures lang="he-Latn-fonipa as well as lang="he". :lang(he-Hebr) doesn't capture lang="he-Latn-fonipa, but it also doesn't capture lang="he". I guess :lang(he):not(:lang(he-Latn)) or :lang("*-Latn") { /* set font-family and other styles to default here */ } might work, but I don't have the time to try right now. Any other solutions to avoid selecting IPA text when trying to style a language's normal writing system? — Eru·tuon 10:51, 9 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Erutuon:
:lang(he):not(:lang(\*-Latn)). Hope I'm not too late! Nardog (talk) 15:11, 25 November 2025 (UTC)- Yeah, that works. Firefox automatically converts
:lang("*-Latn")to:lang(\*-Latn). — Eru·tuon 16:30, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, that works. Firefox automatically converts
Bug on mobile
[edit]See the first note here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva, on mobile. We can't see the 🔈 symbol. ~2025-37360-60 (talk) 01:30, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
Phonemic vs. phonetic transcription
[edit]I'm not sure I did the right thing. I've made this edit but I was forced to switch form a phonemic transcription to a phonetic one, since there's no way to link to IPA for German with slashes.-- Carnby (talk) 17:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- The key is phonetic, not phonemic, so you of course were. Nardog (talk) 04:10, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
Need //, not [ ]
[edit]How can I make the template use slashes instead of square brackets? Sometimes I make phonemic transcriptions of BCMS, but the template forces square brackets for phonetic transcription either way. — Phazd (talk|contribs) 01:04, 2 September 2026 (UTC)