Re: [whatwg] Knuth and Plass algorithm; boxes & glue & penalties from Jens Oliver Meiert on 2015-04-08 (public-whatwg-archive@w3.org from April 2015)

From: Jens Oliver Meiert <jens@meiert.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 09:25:02 +0200
To: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
Message-ID: <CAJ0g8QTSvvFZjQ-8zwxe_EqwJgm0rsBpog--hfQ4JeX=MMjZAw@mail.gmail.com>

> I'm wondering if anyone is developing web standards and prototypes
> for web layout using the Knuth and Plass algorithm?  It seems
> like responsive designs could be expressed more simply in a
> boxes-glue-penalties frame, and responsive layout for JavaScript, CSS,
> and other things that you put in <pre>, now, would be tractable with the
> right HTML/CSS primitives.  If you have something like this underway,
> please get in touch.

Maybe bring this up with www-style,
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/?

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Jens Oliver Meiert
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Received on Wednesday, 8 April 2015 07:25:50 UTC