Re: [css-writing-modes] Rename extent/measure to block-size/inline-size?

On 03/17/2014 09:55 AM, MURAKAMI Shinyu wrote:
> Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote on 2014/03/13 7:29:37
>> On 2014-03-12 22:02 (GMT) Simon Sapin composed:
>>
>>> I’m not especially attached to "size", as long as it’s
>>> "inline-something" and "block-something". Do you have suggestions for
>>> what the "something" should be? Some options are dimension, length,
>>> breadth, extent, ...
>>
>> Length and breadth in familiar contexts often tend to connote width. Among the 4, dimension is my first choice for its less connotative meaning, but I also like extent because it is shorter.
>
> +1 for "extent".

+1 from me as well.

> I am ok with "size" too, but "block size" sometimes has different meaning.

I'm also ok with "size", but prefer "extent" for the various
reasons mentioned here.

~fantasai

Received on Friday, 21 March 2014 00:18:24 UTC