Re: Reminder: Meeting today

Hi, Everyone -

K-12 publishing in the Western Hemisphere will be eternally grateful if you
guys can take up the elementary math use cases with the CSS group too. Long
division and Stacked Equations especially.

I'll keep an eye out for any google doc you guys may start to make sure
that these use cases get on the list.

Thanks for considering.

Best,

*Jean Kaplansky*
Content Architect/Strategist | Technical Account Manager | UI/UX |
Accessibility Analyst | XML, HTML, and CSS Developer |
Instructional Designer
+1.518.930.1068
jeankap@earthlink.net
@jeankaplansky <jeankap@earthlink.net>

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Arno Gourdol <arno@arno.org> wrote:

>
> Minutes from 20 JULY 2017 Math On Web telcon
> Minute taker: Arno.
>
> Dani: would like to discuss with CSS WG about possibility to incorporate
> new CSS features that would suit out needs for mathematics.
>
>
> At TPAC, we have the possibility to discuss with CSS WG what we would need
> to display mathematics without JS.
>
>
> First we would need the scope of equations we want to support: fractions,
> matrix, big operators, supsub…?
>
>
> Second, explain why CSS as it is is not enough to do represent those
> equations
>
>
> Third, provide some hint/prototypes of what the solution could look like,
> perhaps with a Javascript implementation.
>
>
> We need to do some planing to prepare for this, vacations are coming up
> for everyone.
>
>
> Neil: I’m away in August.
>
>
> Neil: For large operators, would that include stretchy parens?
>
>
> Dani: yes, probably.
>
>
> Neil: if we can suggest to the CSS WG some non-math use cases, that will
> help motivate them
>
>
> Dani: which math would we want to do? For example, fractions?
>
>
> Neil: Wouldn’t Peter have a list like that? Has he approached the CSS WG
> already with some proposals?
>
>
> Dani: not that I’m aware of. Peter has had some unofficial conversations,
> perhaps.
>
>
> Neil/John: square roots would be useful as well.
>
>
> Neil: are fractions actually a problem?
>
>
> Dani: sometimes the fraction bar need to be moved up or down, and it needs
> to be computed depending on the font size.
>
>
> Arno: we would probably need to have the concept of “math axis” similar to
> the “baseline” that exist today
>
>
> Dani: flex box allows vertical alignments, and that helps for fractions
> and big operators
>
>
> Neil: sounds like flex box is solving the problem for big operators, then?
>
>
> Dani: yes, partially. But you need to move the operator to align with the
> math axis.
>
>
> John: sounds like we need to work on a list of those cases
>
>
> Arno: we also need to think of integrals that require limits to be
> displayed offset from the symbol
>
>
> John: is there that list somewhere?
>
>
> Neil: I thought Peter had something, but that may have been a long time
> ago…
>
>
> Arno: I’d suggest creating a Google Docs that we could all collaborate on,
> with the goal of having something ready in time for TPAC.
>
>
> Dani: I will create the document and share it with the group so we can
> start collaborating on these ideas.
>