Re: [css3-flexbox][css3-align] start/end vs. before/after

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
> > start and end should be avoided when referring to writing mode relative
> > edges in the row axis; that is, before/after should be used for row axis
> > (which follows block progression) with reserved start/end for column axis
> > (which follows inline progression);
>
> That's not being disputed; the issue is fantasai is proposing tying
> start/end to the "main" axis and before/after to the "secondary" axis,
> which have no inherent relation to the writing mode.  (In Flexbox,
> they depend on flex-direction.  In Grid, "main" is "inline" and
> "secondary" is "block".)


in that case, i support fantasai's proposal, but do not support chris'
proposal to use start/end for both axes