- From: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 14:35:14 +0100
- To: "'Doug Schepers'" <schepers@w3.org>, "'Sylvain Galineau'" <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Cc: <www-style@w3.org>, "'Doug Schepers'" <doug@schepers.cc>, "'Patrick Dengler'" <patd@microsoft.com>, "'Kevin Babbitt'" <kbabbitt@microsoft.com>, <public-fx@w3.org>, "'Liam Quin'" <liam@w3.org>
Please don't drop tb-lr. That is needed for basic Mongolian support (and supported already by IE for HTML http://www.w3.org/International/tests/tests-html-css/tests-vertical-text/generate?test=3). SVG should add that. Cheers, RI ============ Richard Ishida Internationalization Lead W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) http://www.w3.org/International/ http://rishida.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On > Behalf Of Doug Schepers > Sent: 30 June 2010 11:14 > To: Sylvain Galineau > Cc: www-style@w3.org; Doug Schepers; Patrick Dengler; Kevin Babbitt; public- > fx@w3.org; Liam Quin > Subject: Re: [css3-text-layout][svg] writing-mode values across CSS and SVG > > Hi, Sylvain- > > Sylvain Galineau wrote (on 6/29/10 3:21 PM): > > (Copying Doug as I am not sure whether this is a concern of the FXTF > > or the SVG WG proper) > > In general, if there is a question or issue that affects both CSS and > SVG, it should be sent to the FXTF. That way the participants of both > groups know about it, and can deal with it in their own specs as well as > any joint specs. > > > > Currently, CSS3 Text Layout defines the writing-mode property as taking: > > > > lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | bt-rl | tb-lr | bt-lr > > > > In SVG1.1, Second Edition [2], writing-mode supports : > > > > lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | lr | rl | tb | inherit > > > > 1) In addition to the inherit keyword, SVG adds shorthand values > > for lr-tb (lr), rl-tb (rl) and tb-rl (tb). > > > > 2) SVG also drops bt-rl, tb-lr and bt-lr. > > > > To make both authors and implementors lives easier - especially in mixed > > documents - both WGs should harmonize the values this property supports. > > Agreed. > > > > At a minimum, I propose that the CSS3 definition of writing-mode: > > 1. Include the inherit keyword > > 2. Include the shorthand values defined by SVG i.e. lr, rl and tb. > > That sounds good to me. > > > > I suspect SVG drops certain direction combinations due to the lack of > > known script for them but those may be useful for other purposes. > > Without knowing the background of the exclusions, my opinion is that the > SVG WG should simply align to whatever CSS defines here (and I suspect > the rest of the group will say the same). > > I believe that these 'writing-mode' property may have come from XSL-FO > originally... in any case, we should all align together (CCing Liam Quin). > > > [1] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-text-layout/#writing-mode > > [2] > http://dev.w3.org/SVG/profiles/1.1F2/publish/text.html#WritingModeProperty > > Regards- > -Doug Schepers > W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2963 - Release Date: 06/29/10 > 19:35:00
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