Re: [css-text][css-flexbox] Let's just alias "nowrap" with "no-wrap"

On 12 October 2014 09:03, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> On Oct 10, 2014, at 8:09 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
> wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:05:18 +0200, Tab Atkins Jr. <
> jackalmage@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> > ...
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone have objections to us just aliasing the value as "no-wrap"?
> >>>> That way, in a few years, people can just do the logical thing and use
> >>>> the value they expect, rather than having to deal with this wart
> >>>> forever.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I don't particularly like that idea. I think in general old syntax
> should be
> >>> left alone. Adding aliases is not zero cost.
> >>>
> >>> But if this one thing is a major pain point for authors, then maybe
> it's
> >>> worth it. Is it?
> >>
> >> I forget it almost every time I use the the stupid value, and I hear
> >> grumblings about it relatively constantly.  It's also the *very first*
> >> mistake on <https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes>.
> >
> > If we do that, can we also alias 'border-radius' into 'corner-radius'? I
> know this confuses many people into thinking it is only for when you have
> visible borders, when really it's affect is just as dramatic on a filled-in
> background with no borders. It looks like it belongs with the other
> 'border-*' properties that are components of the 'border' shorthand, but it
> doesn't (it isn't).
>
> We've got a lot of confusing names, but I think "nowrap" is extra
> special here, particularly since it's in a property which is already
> difficult to tell whether it's one or two words.  "border-radius" is
> less than great, but I dunno if it's worth enough to change the name.
>
> (And I don't want to get this topic derailed with slippery slope fears!)
>

At least you should rename 'border-corner' to 'corner-radius' in the wiki
page you linked to.

Sebastian