[html5] r5346 - [e] (0) clarify that history traversal happens in cases other than going back/forward

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Tue Aug 24 17:15:36 PDT 2010


Author: ianh
Date: 2010-08-24 17:15:35 -0700 (Tue, 24 Aug 2010)
New Revision: 5346

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) clarify that history traversal happens in cases other than going back/forward

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2010-08-25 00:13:42 UTC (rev 5345)
+++ complete.html	2010-08-25 00:15:35 UTC (rev 5346)
@@ -60933,8 +60933,15 @@
 
   <p>When a user agent is required to <dfn id=traverse-the-history>traverse the history</dfn>
   to a <i>specified entry</i>, optionally with <a href=#replacement-enabled>replacement
-  enabled</a>, the user agent must act as follows:</p>
+  enabled</a>, the user agent must act as follows.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>This algorithm is not just invoked when <a href=#traverse-the-history-by-a-delta title="traverse the history by a delta">explicitly going back or
+  forwards in the session history</a> — it is also invoked in
+  other situations, for example when <a href=#navigate title=navigate>navigating
+  a browsing context</a>, as part of <a href=#update-the-session-history-with-the-new-page title="update the session
+  history with the new page">updating the session history with the new
+  page</a>.</p>
+
   <ol><li><p>If there is no longer a <code><a href=#document>Document</a></code> object for the
    entry in question, the user agent must <a href=#navigate>navigate</a> the
    browsing context to the location for that entry to perform an

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2010-08-25 00:13:42 UTC (rev 5345)
+++ index	2010-08-25 00:15:35 UTC (rev 5346)
@@ -60858,8 +60858,15 @@
 
   <p>When a user agent is required to <dfn id=traverse-the-history>traverse the history</dfn>
   to a <i>specified entry</i>, optionally with <a href=#replacement-enabled>replacement
-  enabled</a>, the user agent must act as follows:</p>
+  enabled</a>, the user agent must act as follows.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>This algorithm is not just invoked when <a href=#traverse-the-history-by-a-delta title="traverse the history by a delta">explicitly going back or
+  forwards in the session history</a> — it is also invoked in
+  other situations, for example when <a href=#navigate title=navigate>navigating
+  a browsing context</a>, as part of <a href=#update-the-session-history-with-the-new-page title="update the session
+  history with the new page">updating the session history with the new
+  page</a>.</p>
+
   <ol><li><p>If there is no longer a <code><a href=#document>Document</a></code> object for the
    entry in question, the user agent must <a href=#navigate>navigate</a> the
    browsing context to the location for that entry to perform an

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2010-08-25 00:13:42 UTC (rev 5345)
+++ source	2010-08-25 00:15:35 UTC (rev 5346)
@@ -68783,8 +68783,16 @@
 
   <p>When a user agent is required to <dfn>traverse the history</dfn>
   to a <i>specified entry</i>, optionally with <span>replacement
-  enabled</span>, the user agent must act as follows:</p>
+  enabled</span>, the user agent must act as follows.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">This algorithm is not just invoked when <span
+  title="traverse the history by a delta">explicitly going back or
+  forwards in the session history</span> — it is also invoked in
+  other situations, for example when <span title="navigate">navigating
+  a browsing context</span>, as part of <span title="update the session
+  history with the new page">updating the session history with the new
+  page</span>.</p>
+
   <ol>
 
    <li><p>If there is no longer a <code>Document</code> object for the




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