Re: [css3-fonts][css-variables][css-counter-styles-3][css3-values] Case sensitivity of user-defined identifiers

On 10/3/12 7:35 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
> Are we happy to accept that the Web should embed this Anglo-centric
> weirdness, based on text encoding practices from the last century, into
> its core specifications; or do we want to press for a more inclusive
> platform that aims to treat all languages and writing systems on an
> equal footing for authors, as far as the Unicode encoding model permits?

The way HTML handles this is that matching for user-defined stuff is 
effectively always case-sensitive.  The ASCII case-insensitive bits are 
only for things the spec defines (tag and attribute names), which are 
already ASCII-only.

Here's a question.  Can we get there in CSS?  This seems like it would 
be doable for color names, certainly.  Same for other CSS keywords.  Are 
font names an issue?  Where _exactly_ do issues come in with variables here?

I have to admit I don't understand why we can't just make variable names 
case-sensitive...

-Boris

Received on Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:52:00 UTC