[e] (0) Clarify that this is not a convention, just a possible techni…

…que for the author's own use.

Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18520
Affected topics: HTML

git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@7682 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74

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@@ -21352,12 +21352,10 @@ <h4 id=the-code-element><span class=secno>4.6.12 </span>The <dfn><code>code</cod
   computer program, or any other string that a computer would
   recognize.</p>
 
-  <p>Although there is no formal way to indicate the language of
-  computer code being marked up, authors who wish to mark
-  <code><a href=#the-code-element>code</a></code> elements with the language used, e.g. so that
-  syntax highlighting scripts can use the right rules, may do so by
-  adding a class prefixed with "<code title="">language-</code>" to
-  the element.</p>
+  <p>There is no formal way to indicate the language of computer code being marked up. Authors who
+  wish to mark <code><a href=#the-code-element>code</a></code> elements with the language used, e.g. so that syntax highlighting
+  scripts can use the right rules, can use the <code title=attr-class><a href=#classes>class</a></code> attribute, e.g.
+  by adding a class prefixed with "<code title="">language-</code>" to the element.</p>
 
   <div class=example>
 
@@ -104021,6 +104019,7 @@ <h2 class=no-num id=references>References</h2><!--REFS-->
   Atsushi Takayama,
   Aurelien Levy,
   Ave Wrigley,
+  Axel Dahmen,
   Ben Boyle,
   Ben Godfrey,
   Ben Lerner,

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@@ -21352,12 +21352,10 @@ this specification: the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> and the
   computer program, or any other string that a computer would
   recognize.</p>
 
-  <p>Although there is no formal way to indicate the language of
-  computer code being marked up, authors who wish to mark
-  <code><a href=#the-code-element>code</a></code> elements with the language used, e.g. so that
-  syntax highlighting scripts can use the right rules, may do so by
-  adding a class prefixed with "<code title="">language-</code>" to
-  the element.</p>
+  <p>There is no formal way to indicate the language of computer code being marked up. Authors who
+  wish to mark <code><a href=#the-code-element>code</a></code> elements with the language used, e.g. so that syntax highlighting
+  scripts can use the right rules, can use the <code title=attr-class><a href=#classes>class</a></code> attribute, e.g.
+  by adding a class prefixed with "<code title="">language-</code>" to the element.</p>
 
   <div class=example>
 
@@ -104021,6 +104019,7 @@ if (s = prompt('What is your name?')) {
   Atsushi Takayama,
   Aurelien Levy,
   Ave Wrigley,
+  Axel Dahmen,
   Ben Boyle,
   Ben Godfrey,
   Ben Lerner,

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@@ -22589,12 +22589,10 @@ this specification: the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> and the
   computer program, or any other string that a computer would
   recognize.</p>
 
-  <p>Although there is no formal way to indicate the language of
-  computer code being marked up, authors who wish to mark
-  <code>code</code> elements with the language used, e.g. so that
-  syntax highlighting scripts can use the right rules, may do so by
-  adding a class prefixed with "<code title="">language-</code>" to
-  the element.</p>
+  <p>There is no formal way to indicate the language of computer code being marked up. Authors who
+  wish to mark <code>code</code> elements with the language used, e.g. so that syntax highlighting
+  scripts can use the right rules, can use the <code title="attr-class">class</code> attribute, e.g.
+  by adding a class prefixed with "<code title="">language-</code>" to the element.</p>
 
   <div class="example">
 
@@ -121804,6 +121802,7 @@ if (s = prompt('What is your name?')) {
   Atsushi Takayama,
   Aurelien Levy,
   Ave Wrigley,
+  Axel Dahmen,
   Ben Boyle,
   Ben Godfrey,
   Ben Lerner,