On Thursday 2009-08-20 12:44 -0700, Brad Kemper wrote: > On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:25 AM, "L. David Baron" <dbaron@dbaron.org> wrote: >> For inside, the >> length of the gradient line would be the length that touches the >> edges of the background positioning area. > > Personally, I don't think 'inside' is needed. I don't see gradients like > that much in the wild, and Tab's use case for 'inside' was to keep the > gradient confined to one corner. Fine with me. >> For outside, the length >> of the gradient line would be the longest length such that the >> perpendiculars to the ends of the gradient line intersect the >> corners of the background positioning area. (Longest because there >> are shorter such lengths, but they intersect the wrong corners.) > > I think that amounts to the same gradient (you are even using similar > wording as I did for describing where it ends). The path you describe is > parallel to the one starting from a corner and has the sane length. Each > color in the gradient is perpendicular to both paths. Ah, right. For 'outside' it is the same gradient. (Though it isn't for 'inside'.) -David -- L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ Mozilla Corporation http://www.mozilla.com/Received on Thursday, 20 August 2009 20:17:20 GMT
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