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[css-writing-modes] Remove stray instances of 'progression', fix linking to current bikeshed requirements.
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@@ -719,13 +719,13 @@ Block Flow Direction: the 'writing-mode' property</h3>
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<p>The 'writing-mode' property specifies the <i>block flow direction</i>,
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which determines the progression of block-level boxes in a block formatting
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context; the progression of line boxes in a block container that contains
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inlines; the progression of rows in a table; etc. By virtue of determining
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the stacking direction of line boxes, the 'writing-mode' property also
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determines whether the line boxes' orientation (and thus the <i>writing mode</i>)
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is horizontal or vertical. The 'text-orientation' property then determines
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how text is laid out within the line box.
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which determines the ordering direction of block-level boxes in a block formatting context;
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the ordering direction of line boxes in a block container that contains inlines;
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the ordering direction of rows in a table; etc.
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By virtue of determining the stacking direction of line boxes,
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the 'writing-mode' property also determines whether the line boxes' orientation (and thus the <i>writing mode</i>)
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is horizontal or vertical.
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The 'text-orientation' property then determines how text is laid out within the line box.
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<p>The <dfn export id="principal-writing-mode">principal writing mode</dfn> of the
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document is determined by the 'writing-mode' and 'direction' values
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<p export>The <dfn>physical dimensions</dfn> are <dfn>width</dfn> and <dfn>height</dfn>,
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which correspond to measurements along the <dfn title="x-axis|horizontal axis">x-axis</dfn>
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(<dfn>horizontal dimension</dfn>) and <dfn title="y-axis|vertical axis">y-axis</dfn> (<dfn>vertical dimension</dfn>),
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respectively. <a href="#abstract-dimensions">Abstract dimensions</a>
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respectively. <a href="#abstract-axes">Abstract dimensions</a>
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are identical in both flow-relative and line-relative terms, so there
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is only one set of these terms.
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<dt><dfn>block-start</dfn>
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<dd>The side that comes earlier in the block progression,
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<dd>The side that comes earlier in the <i>block flow direction</i>,
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as determined by the 'writing-mode' property:
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the physical top in ''horizontal-tb'' mode,
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the right in ''vertical-rl'', and the left in ''vertical-lr''.
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<p>For features such as text alignment, floating, and list marker positioning,
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that primarily reference the left or right sides of the line box or
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its longitudinal parallels and therefore have no top or bottom equivalent,
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the <a href="#line-left">line left</a> and <a href="#line-right">line
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right</a> sides are used as the reference for the left and right sides
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respectively.
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the <i>line-left</i> and <i>line-right</i> sides
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are used as the reference for the left and right sides respectively.
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<p>Likewise for features such as underlining, overlining, and baseline alignment
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(the unfortunately-named 'vertical-align'), that primarily reference the
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top or bottom sides of the linebox or its transversal parallels and
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therefore have no left or right equivalent, the <a href="#over">line-over</a>
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and <a href="#under">line-under</a> sides are used as the reference for the
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therefore have no left or right equivalent, the <i>line-over</i>
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and <i>line-under</i> sides are used as the reference for the
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top and bottom sides respectively.
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<p>The details of these mappings are provided below.
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Line-Relative Mappings</h3>
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<p>The <a>line-relative directions</a> are
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<a href="#over">over</a>,
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<a href="#under">under</a>,
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<a href="#line-left">line-left</a>, and
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<a href="#line-right">line-right</a>. In an
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<abbr title="left-to-right">LTR</abbr>
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''horizontal-tb'' writing mode, they correspond to the
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<i>over</i>,
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<i>under</i>,
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<i>line-left</i>, and
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<i>line-right</i>.
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In an <abbr title="left-to-right">LTR</abbr> ''horizontal-tb'' writing mode,
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they correspond to the
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top, bottom, left, and right directions, respectively.
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<p>The line-right and line-left directions are calculated
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<p>The <i>line-right</i> and <i>line-left</i> directions are calculated
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with respect to the writing mode of the box and used
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to interpret the ''left'' and ''right'' values of the
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following properties:
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<ul>
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<li>the 'text-align' property [[!CSS21]]
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</ul>
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<p>The line-right and line-left directions are calculated
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<p>The <i>line-right</i> and <i>line-left</i> directions are calculated
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with respect to the writing mode of the <em>containing
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block</em> of the box and used to interpret the ''left''
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and ''right'' values of the following properties:

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