- From: Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org>
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 17:31:38 +0100
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On 07/05/2014 17:27, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Simon Sapin <simon.sapin@exyr.org> wrote: >> In "Introduction to Writing Modes", the inline base direction is defined >> such that it exists in all writing modes. However, the current definition of >> the 'direction' property seems to assume an horizontal writing mode: >> >>> Values for this property have the following meanings: >>> >>> ltr >>> Left-to-right directionality. >>> rtl >>> Right-to-left directionality. >> >> >> What do these values mean for vertical text? >> >> Should they map to top-down and bottom-up respectively, or should the >> inline-start direction always be up, or something else? >> >> (This may be defined in another part of the spec that I haven’t read yet, >> but it should at least be linked from here, if not defined here.) > > It could perhaps be clarified that it refers to line-left to > line-right directionality, etc. (Those are the line-relative > directions.) I was gonna reply "sounds fine, with the terms appropriately linked/cross-referenced", but the definition of these terms seems to be based on 'direction' so I still don’t know what they mean in a vertical writing mode :) > line-left > Nominally the side from which LTR text would start. > line-right > Nominally the side from which RTL text would start. (Opposite of line-left.) -- Simon Sapin
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