Re: [dev-servo] Bikeshed on the naming of abstract dimensions

2014-03-15 Thread Simon Sapin
On 28/02/2014 19:07, Simon Sapin wrote: On 28/02/2014 10:37, Simon Sapin wrote: In general I prefer using spec terminology, but in this specific case I don’t really like either extent/measure (too foreign, not obvious which is which) not logical-width/logical-height (too "physical-like"). Actu

Re: [dev-servo] Bikeshed on the naming of abstract dimensions

2014-02-28 Thread Simon Sapin
On 28/02/2014 10:37, Simon Sapin wrote: In general I prefer using spec terminology, but in this specific case I don’t really like either extent/measure (too foreign, not obvious which is which) not logical-width/logical-height (too "physical-like"). Actually I think this is worth changing the s

Re: [dev-servo] Bikeshed on the naming of abstract dimensions

2014-02-28 Thread Simon Sapin
On 28/02/2014 01:07, Patrick Walton wrote: Hi everyone, In an effort to future-proof our code for bidi and vertical writing [1], I'm wondering whether we should go through and rename our directions used throughout Servo to correspond to the abstract dimensions used in CSS3 writing modes, I thi

[dev-servo] Bikeshed on the naming of abstract dimensions

2014-02-27 Thread Patrick Walton
Hi everyone, In an effort to future-proof our code for bidi and vertical writing [1], I'm wondering whether we should go through and rename our directions used throughout Servo to correspond to the abstract dimensions used in CSS3 writing modes, and if so, what to name them. I suppose we hav