- From: Øyvind Stenhaug <oyvinds@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:42:13 +0100
- To: "Brad Kemper" <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Cc: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:26:47 +0100, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2010, at 7:12 AM, Øyvind Stenhaug wrote: > (...) >> "Within a given column row, the length (in the block progression >> direction) of column gaps and column rules is equal to the column >> heights." > > Why not just say it more simply and consistently? Like this: > > "Within a given column row, the height of column gaps and column rules > is equal to the column heights." > > That is more directly understandable to me. Why switch back and forth > between "height" and "length" to describe the same dimension? The spec seems to want to be agnostic with regards to vertical text, so I tried to be accurate. But yes, it would be simpler if "height" and "width" could be used throughout assuming default block flow, optionally with a single note somewhere about interpretations in other cases. -- Øyvind Stenhaug Core Norway, Opera Software ASA
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