Re: [css3-text] combining transforms

Koji Ishii wrote:

> It turned out that there's another reason to prefer keeping the
> current behavior.
> 
> EPUB 3 CSS Profile[1] defines that:
> > the EPUB 3 CSS Profile includes the unprefixed text-transform
> > property from CSS Text Level 3 using semantics as defined in
> > [CSS3Text] and syntax as defined in [CSS3Text-20110412]
> 
> So whether we like it or not, UAs that share their rendering engines
> with EPUB reading systems and that are willing to support viewing EPUB
> files on the web will need to support 20110412 version of the
> syntax[2].

EPUB behavior is tied to early working drafts of CSS specs.  As with all
CSS working drafts they are subject to change, including this property. 
This issue should be decided based on whether combining transforms would
restrict future behavior or not and *not* on what EPUB has or has not
included in their spec.  There is absolutely no obligation that the CSS WG
support a specific syntax in a specific *working* draft!!

Regards,

John Daggett

Received on Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:35:49 UTC