Re: [css-shapes] basic shape syntax in prose

On Sep 28, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com> wrote:

> On 9/27/13 10:12 PM, "Dirk Schulze" <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Sep 28, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> but I'm OK with adding grammar back in as long as I
>>>> can avoid the misleading {3,5} and unreadable repetitions of
>>>> <length>|<percentage>. If <arg> should not be used as a local
>>>> shorthand,
>>>> what do you recommend? Shall I make a local definition of #{A,B} that
>>>> can
>>>> eventually be added to Values and Units level 4?
>>> 
>>> Just make some appropriately-unique named subterm, like
>>> <rectangle-arg> or something.
>> 
>> It would be extremely helpful to have a general term for <length> |
>> <percentage> since that combination is used quite a lot across all CSS
>> specifications. Also, Alan's rectangle() is just one function that uses
>> this combination, there is circle(), polygon() and ellipse() too.
> 
> I'll just use <shape-arg> for all of them.

That seems reasonable for CSS Shapes but not a solution for CSS in general.

Greetings,
Dirk

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan
> 

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