On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gluesoft.co.jp> > wrote: > >> I'm not too concerned if JLREQ is inconsistent, I'm a little more > concerned > >> if Japanese itself is inconsistent. > > > > I think Japanese is inconsistent as much as English is. They won't be > consistent without "of what," like, "line head" means left in horizontal > flow, and "glyph head" means opposite in Mongolian. "Header" of a vertical > flow table may appear either top or right, I guess both are correct from > English perspective, no? > > > > I think this is an issue where there won't be a single correct answer, > both "head/foot" and "before/after" makes sense in some cases and doesn't > in other cases, and therefore we can't make everyone happy. > > > > I'm more concerned that this issue blocks the spec for months. Why > doesn't the WG make a vote and decide? > > We did. We decided on switching to head/foot some time ago. ^_^ > to which I have a standing objection
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