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[css-flexbox] Clarify that main/cross axes are determined based on writing mode as well as flex-flow.
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css-flexbox/Overview.bs

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flex layout is biased to the <dfn title="flex direction">flex directions</dfn>.
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To make it easier to talk about flex layout,
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this section defines a set of flex flow&ndash;relative terms.
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The 'flex-flow' value determines how these terms map
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The 'flex-flow' value and the <a>writing mode</a>
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determine how these terms map
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to physical directions (top/right/bottom/left),
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axes (vertical/horizontal), and sizes (width/height).
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css-flexbox/Overview.html

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flex layout is biased to the <dfn data-dfn-type="dfn" data-noexport="" id="flex-direction" title="flex direction">flex directions<a class="self-link" href="#flex-direction"></a></dfn>.
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To make it easier to talk about flex layout,
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this section defines a set of flex flow–relative terms.
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The <a class="property" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-flex-flow">flex-flow</a> value determines how these terms map
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The <a class="property" data-link-type="propdesc" href="#propdef-flex-flow">flex-flow</a> value and the <a data-link-type="dfn" href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-writing-modes-3/#writing-mode">writing mode</a>
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determine how these terms map
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to physical directions (top/right/bottom/left),
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axes (vertical/horizontal), and sizes (width/height).
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