- From: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:02:36 +0000
- To: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>, "public-i18n-core@w3.org" <public-i18n-core@w3.org>
Also... Should PNG and GIF files rotate for some writing modes? If not, why should gradient <image>s ever do that? -Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Manthos [mailto:brianman@microsoft.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 11:33 PM > To: fantasai; www-style@w3.org; public-i18n-core@w3.org > Subject: RE: [css3-images] gradients and i18n > > > With my Internationalization hat on, I have some concerns about > > gradient syntax, > > some of which will be easy to handle in level 4, but others maybe > not: > > > > Easy: > > - linear-gradient() directions similarly cannot be specified > > logically > > - radial-gradient() positions cannot be specified logically > > > > (Easy Solution: same as 'background-position' -- add logical > keywords) > > This was already proposed and moved to CSS4, in August. > > > Not so easy: > > - For radial-gradient(), explicit sizing is always <horizontal> > > <vertical> > > - For radial-gradient(), fixed-length color stops are always along > > the > > horizontal axis. > > > > The last one is not just an i18n problem: using the horizontal axis > is > > pretty arbitrary, what if I want the vertical one? > > The same problem applies to background-position and background-size. > Perhaps they have the same solution (whenever that arrives) and > presumably it can wait until CSS4+, since this concern didn't hold up > the Background module from going to CR in February. > > > > A problem that is both i18n and non-i18n related: what if I want a > > circular > > gradient whose radius is farthest-side along the inline (or > horizontal) > > axis? > > I think I need a rendering to speak to this one. >
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