- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:25:04 -0800
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: W3C style mailing list <www-style@w3.org>, Christoph Päper <christoph.paeper@crissov.de>
On Feb 21, 2011, at 4:22 , Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:15:25 +0100, Christoph Päper <christoph.paeper@crissov.de> wrote: >> Robert O'Callahan: >>> Gecko already supports a "-moz-tab-size: <number>" property. >> >> Wouldn’t <length> be more useful, preferably given with proposed unit ‘ch’? > > No need to make something simple so complex. Tab expansion is defined as number of spaces pretty much universally. It's pretty universally defined to allow for vertical alignment. That's pretty rarely a fixed number of spaces, specially when spaces have a 'soft' width (e.g. in justified-right text). Even microsoft word sets them on a regular ruler... David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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