Re: [css3-2d-transforms] skew(<angle> [, <angle>])

• From: Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>
• Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:40:46 -0800
• To: "Dr. Olaf Hoffmann" <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
• Cc: www-style@w3.org
• Message-id: <BD7DB030-F5D8-4DA8-A647-E8B38D9C8619@me.com>

On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Dr. Olaf Hoffmann wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> this is about
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-css3-2d-transforms-20091201/
> and is related to
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2009Mar/0287.html
> 
> Because there seems to be no change and no answer, I would
> like to ask again, what skew(<angle> [, <angle>]) exactly means?
> If no one can explain it - does it have a meaning at all?
> For example the corresponding transformation matrix would be
> sufficient for me to understand this...


skew(a, b) results in the this matrix: [1 tan(b) tan(a) 1 0 0].

Simon

Received on Wednesday, 2 December 2009 16:41:21 UTC