- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:42:38 -0700
- To: "MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)" <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp>
- Cc: "<www-style@w3.org>" <www-style@w3.org>
On Jun 5, 2010, at 11:07 PM, "MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)" <eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp > wrote: >> >> I am not sure I understand what is the problem and what complexities >> you are talking about. > > OK. Let me try again. > > At present, we have (1) writing-mode specified in stylesheets, (2) > the ability > of browsers, and (2) the writing mode chosen by users. If we > introduce > @dir="ttb", etc., we will have (4) the writing-mode specified in > documents. > We have to define conflict resolutions; for example, what happens > when @dir="ttb", > the writing-mode property is "rtl", and the user choose "rtl"? Then the browser changes the writing-mode property to 'rtl'. Perhaps this is even the primary way of fulfilling the user's preference. > It may be certainly > possible. But I am not sure if we need (4). > > Cheers, > Makoto >
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