- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 15:07:39 -0400
- To: David Gash <dgash@google.com>
- CC: "public-webplatform@w3.org" <public-webplatform@w3.org>, Scott Rowe <scottrowe@google.com>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com>, Brian Birtles <bbirtles@mozilla.com>
Hi, Tab, Brian, Dirk–
Can you please help Dave on this issue around the syntax for the
‘mask-box-image’ property [1]?
The syntax here may be correct, but it's hard to understand, even with
the syntax guide [2]. Is there some resource that could unpack that a bit?
[1]
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/about.html#property-defs
Regards-
-Doug
On 10/4/13 2:38 PM, David Gash wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As part of my continuing WPD articles work, I use W3C specs to get
> information about objects, methods, and properties. These specs include
> details that are laid out in a specific but somewhat obtuse syntax. For
> example, in the masking spec
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html
> there's this
>
> <basic-shape>
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#ltbasic-shapegt> |
> <clip-source>
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#ltclip-sourcegt> |
> none
>
> which is clear enough: use one of the three values. And there's this
>
> [ stretch | repeat | round | space ]{1,2}
>
> which is still fairly clear: use either one or two of the grouped words,
> all optional. But then there's this
>
> <‘|mask-box-image-source|
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image-source>’> ||
> <‘|mask-box-image-slice|
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image-slice>’> [
> /<‘|mask-box-image-width|
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image-width>’> |
> / <‘|mask-box-image-width|
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image-width>’>?
> /<‘|mask-box-image-outset|
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image-outset>’> ]?
> || <‘|mask-box-image-repeat|
> <https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/default/masking/index.html#mask-box-image-repeat>’>
>
> which is... not so much: there's one vertical bar, two vertical bars,
> question marks, etc. It's kind of hard to interpret. This is just one
> example; I often run into similarly complex syntax in W3C specs.
>
> I've poked about the web but haven't found a "syntax syntax" guide. Does
> anyone know if there is such a thing, either from the W3C or within the
> WPD community?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Gash
>
>
Received on Friday, 4 October 2013 19:07:46 UTC