Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-align][css-inline] Resolution of `align-content: normal` on table cells needs to take into account that `vertical-align` is no longer a longhand (#13458)

Relevant issue is #5234. I think the spec language in both css-inline-3 and css-align-3 were actually already updated as a result of the shorthand conversion — adding the "otherwise" there to indicate that a `baseline-shift: top/bottom` takes precedence over any other value.

But I agree that it's confusing that it still uses `vertical-align` in the wording, since e.g. `alignment-baseline: central; baseline-shift: bottom;` computes to `vertical-align: central bottom`, not `vertical-align: bottom`. I think these should be replaced with the longhands for clarity. I filed a similar issue, #13277, for a different usage of `vertical-align` that I think should be expanded.

(I'll leave it to the CSSWG for whether the new `central` and `center` values should be treated like `middle`.)

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