Re: text-wrap balance

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 6:02 PM Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:32 PM David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
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> > > On Jun 18, 2019, at 14:19 , Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > > While I agree with this and also have no problem excluding this from
> REC, is still like to encourage the CSS WG to continue with it. Glenn's
> listing of existing deterministic algorithms in this space should be enough
> to give us an expectation that it's feasible and technically possible.
> >
> > I’ve heard offline that people think that there are reasonable
> algorithms too. That doesn’t make it specifiiable yet, tho.
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> I don't follow: if it's been implemented and made replicable, it can
> be specified.
>

Just because* some* algorithm can be specified doesn't mean it will be
specified in a form that permits a normative reference, particularly in a
reasonable amount of time. Are you willing to wait for 2 or 3 years to
elapse to get an algorithm written into a CSS spec, get it tested, and move
that spec to at least PR or REC before moving forward on VTT?


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> I think it's a matter of priority and effort - if somebody puts the
> effort behind it and gets the support by the group, it will get done.
> I think it might be that "simple" in the end. :-)
> So, lobbying the CSS group to increase the priority on this feature
> would be a great thing for this group to do.
>
> Just my 2c worth. :-)
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> Cheers,
> Silvia.
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