FW: [css3-page] LCWD issue 14 -- [14] Section 3.2

Ernest,

You wrote:
> 
> This section and the accompanying terminology assumes that the 
> standard Western practice of binding so that the spine is to the left 
> is the only standard.  This is NOT the case. Standard Japanese 
> practice is to bind printed matter so that the spine is to the right. 
> Given the unfortunate choice of :left and :right in CSS 2, I don't 
> have any expectation of changing the pseudoclasses, but the 
> explanatory material should be rewritten so as to be supportive of 
> Japanese binding.

Thank you, I will edit this section based on your comments.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: James Bigelow [mailto:jhb@jhb.boi.hp.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 4:44 PM
To: www-style@w3.org; ernestcline@mindspring.com
Subject: [css3-page] LCWD issue 14 -- [14] Section 3.2


Thank you for your comment on the CSS3 Paged Media Module, archived in:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2003Dec/0130.html

Your issue, shown below, has been assigned the number 14.
> 
> This section and the accompanying terminology assumes that the 
> standard Western practice of binding so that the spine is to the left 
> is the only standard.  This is NOT the case. Standard Japanese 
> practice is to bind printed matter so that the spine is to the right. 
> Given the unfortunate choice of :left and :right in CSS 2, I don't 
> have any expectation of changing the pseudoclasses, but the 
> explanatory material should be rewritten so as to be supportive of 
> Japanese binding.
> 

A further response will be forthcoming. Please address any replys to
www-style@w3.org with [css3-page] in the subject line. 

   -- Jim Bigelow, Editor

Received on Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:05:57 UTC