Re: [css4-images] Add format() hints to image()

as long as the sub features have human names (english words) and not DOS
3-char file name extensions, I'm happy.

On Thursday, 21 February 2013, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Jake Archibald <jaffathecake@gmail.com<javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > +1
> >
> > I'd prefer type('image/whatever', 'subfeature', 'another-feature') to
> > keep it distinct from @font-face's format(), which doesn't use mime
> > types.
> >
> > The spec would define the sub-features as and when needed.
>
> Yes, I'm fine with this.  I'll give it a slightly more CSS-y syntax:
>
> type("image/foo" subfeature1 subfeature2)
>
> This follows the tradition of "things imported from outside CSS are
> strings, things inside CSS are idents", and omits unnecessary commas.
>
> This does mean we're still gated on the spec defining subfeatures, but
> perhaps I can fob that off to a wiki or a registry somewhere.
>
> ~TJ
>
>

-- 
Nicholas.