Use term 'inline base direction' in place of 'inline directionality'

Author: fantasai

css3-writing-modes/Overview.html

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
    <h1>CSS Writing Modes Module Level 3</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 1 November
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 2 November
     2010</h2>
 
    <dl>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=Contents>Contents</h2>
       </ul>
 
      <li><a href="#background-and-borders"><span class=secno>8.4.
-      </span>Logical Backgrounds and Borders</a>
+      </span>Logical Background and Border Images</a>
       <ul class=toc>
        <li><a href="#background-image-transform-prop"><span
         class=secno>8.4.1. </span>Background Image Transform: The
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ <h2 id=text-flow><span class=secno>2. </span>Writing Modes and Terminology</h2>
    &lsquo;<a href="#text-orientation0"><code
    class=property>text-orientation</code></a>&rsquo; properties. It is
    defined primarily in terms of its <a
-   href="#inline-directionality"><i>inline directionality</i></a> and <a
+   href="#inline-base-direction"><i>inline base direction</i></a> and <a
    href="#block-flow-direction"><i>block flow direction</i></a>:
 
   <div class=sidebar>
@@ -314,11 +314,11 @@ <h2 id=text-flow><span class=secno>2. </span>Writing Modes and Terminology</h2>
    </div>
   </div>
 
-  <p>The <dfn id=inline-directionality>inline directionality</dfn> is the
+  <p>The <dfn id=inline-base-direction>inline base direction</dfn> is the
    primary direction in which content is ordered on a line and defines on
    which sides the "start" and "end" of a line are. The &lsquo;<a
    href="#direction0"><code class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo;
-   property specifies the inline directionality of an element and, together
+   property specifies the inline base direction of an element and, together
    with the &lsquo;<a href="#unicode-bidi0"><code
    class=property>unicode-bidi</code></a>&rsquo; property and the inherent
    directionality of any text content, determines the ordering of
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ <h2 id=text-direction><span class=secno>3. </span>Inline Direction and
    property of the containing block rather than by the heuristic given in
    steps P2 and P3 of the Unicode algorithm.
 
-  <p>Because the directionality of a text depends on the structure and
+  <p>Because the base directionality of a text depends on the structure and
    semantics of the document, these properties should in most cases be used
    only to map bidi information in the markup to its corresponding CSS
    styles. If a document language provides markup features to control bidi,
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ <h3 id=direction><span class=secno>3.1. </span>Specifying Directionality:
    column layout, the direction of horizontal <a
    href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#overflow">overflow</a>, and
    the default alignment of text within a line, and other things that depend
-   on the base inline directionality.
+   on the base inline base direction.
 
   <p>Values for this property have the following meanings:
 
@@ -500,6 +500,12 @@ <h3 id=direction><span class=secno>3.1. </span>Specifying Directionality:
    <dd>Right-to-left directionality.
   </dl>
 
+  <p class=note>The &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
+   class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; property has no reordering in
+   inline-level elements whose &lsquo;<a href="#unicode-bidi0"><code
+   class=property>unicode-bidi</code></a>&rsquo; property's value is
+   &lsquo;<code class=css>normal</code>&rsquo;.
+
   <p>The value of the &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
    class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; property on the root element is
    also propagated to the initial containing block and, together with the
@@ -508,11 +514,10 @@ <h3 id=direction><span class=secno>3.1. </span>Specifying Directionality:
    document's principal writing mode. (See <a
    href="#principal-writing-mode">below</a>.)
 
-  <p class=note>The &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
-   class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; property has no reordering in
-   inline-level elements whose &lsquo;<a href="#unicode-bidi0"><code
-   class=property>unicode-bidi</code></a>&rsquo; property's value is
-   &lsquo;<code class=css>normal</code>&rsquo;.
+  <p class=note>Note that the &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
+   class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; property of the HTML BODY
+   element is <em>not</em> propagated to the viewport. That special behavior
+   only applies to the background and overflow properties.
 
   <p class=note>The &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
    class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; property, when specified for
@@ -951,6 +956,11 @@ <h2 id=writing-mode><span class=secno>4. </span>Block Flow Direction: the
    block and sets the block flow direction of the initial block formatting
    context.
 
+  <p class=note>Note that the &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
+   class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; property of the HTML BODY
+   element is <em>not</em> propagated to the viewport. That special behavior
+   only applies to the background and overflow properties.
+
   <p>If an element has a different block flow direction than its containing
    block:
 
@@ -1075,8 +1085,8 @@ <h2 id=line-orientation><span class=secno>5. </span>Line Orientation</h2>
   </div>
 
   <p>The <dfn id=start>start</dfn> edge of a box is nominally the edge from
-   which text of its primarily directionality will start. For boxes with a
-   used &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
+   which text of its inline base direction will start. For boxes with a used
+   &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
    class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; value of &lsquo;<code
    class=css>ltr</code>&rsquo;, this means the <a href="#line-left"><i>line
    left</i></a> edge. For boxes with a used &lsquo;<a
@@ -2852,7 +2862,7 @@ <h4 id=logical-shorthand-keyword><span class=secno>8.3.4. </span>Shorthand
   </div>
 
   <h3 id=background-and-borders><span class=secno>8.4. </span>Logical
-   Backgrounds and Borders</h3>
+   Background and Border Images</h3>
 
   <p><a href="#CSS3BG" rel=biblioentry>[CSS3BG]<!--{{!CSS3BG}}--></a> is
    handled separately because it can fill an area with specified images, and

css3-writing-modes/Overview.src.html

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ <h2 id="text-flow">Writing Modes and Terminology</h2>
 
   <p>A <dfn>writing mode</dfn> in CSS is determined by the 'writing-mode',
     'direction', and 'text-orientation' properties. It is defined primarily
-    in terms of its <i>inline directionality</i> and <i>block flow
+    in terms of its <i>inline base direction</i> and <i>block flow
     direction</i>:
 
   <div class="sidebar">
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ <h2 id="text-flow">Writing Modes and Terminology</h2>
       </div>
   </div>
 
-  <p>The <dfn>inline directionality</dfn> is the primary direction in which
+  <p>The <dfn>inline base direction</dfn> is the primary direction in which
     content is ordered on a line and defines on which sides the "start"
     and "end" of a line are. The 'direction' property specifies the
-    inline directionality of an element and, together with the 'unicode-bidi'
+    inline base direction of an element and, together with the 'unicode-bidi'
     property and the inherent directionality of any text content, determines
     the ordering of inline-level content within a line.
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ <h2 id="text-direction">Inline Direction and Bidirectionality</h2>
     block rather than by the heuristic given in steps P2 and P3 of the Unicode
     algorithm.</p>
 
-  <p>Because the directionality of a text depends on the structure and
+  <p>Because the base directionality of a text depends on the structure and
     semantics of the document, these properties should in most cases be
     used only to map bidi information in the markup to its corresponding
     CSS styles. If a document language provides markup features to control
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ <h3 id="direction">Specifying Directionality: the 'direction' property</h3>
     href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html">table</a> column layout,
     the direction of horizontal <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#overflow">overflow</a>,
     and the default alignment of text within a line, and other things
-    that depend on the base inline directionality.</p>
+    that depend on the base inline base direction.</p>
 
   <p>Values for this property have the following meanings:</p>
 
@@ -256,13 +256,17 @@ <h3 id="direction">Specifying Directionality: the 'direction' property</h3>
    <dd>Right-to-left directionality.</dd>
   </dl>
 
+  <p class="note">The 'direction' property has no reordering in inline-level
+    elements whose 'unicode-bidi' property's value is ''normal''.</p>
+
   <p>The value of the 'direction' property on the root element is also
     propagated to the initial containing block and, together with the
     'writing-mode' property, determines the document's principal writing
     mode. (See <a href="#principal-writing-mode">below</a>.)
 
-  <p class="note">The 'direction' property has no reordering in inline-level
-    elements whose 'unicode-bidi' property's value is ''normal''.</p>
+  <p class="note">Note that the 'direction' property of the HTML BODY
+    element is <em>not</em> propagated to the viewport. That special
+    behavior only applies to the background and overflow properties.
 
   <p class="note">The 'direction'
      property, when specified for table column elements, is not inherited by
@@ -618,6 +622,10 @@ <h2 id="writing-mode">Block Flow Direction: the 'writing-mode' property</h2>
     the initial containing block and sets the block flow direction of the
     initial block formatting context.
 
+  <p class="note">Note that the 'direction' property of the HTML BODY
+    element is <em>not</em> propagated to the viewport. That special
+    behavior only applies to the background and overflow properties.
+
   <p>If an element has a different block flow direction than its containing
     block:
   <ul>
@@ -719,7 +727,7 @@ <h2 id="line-orientation">Line Orientation</h2>
     </div>
 
   <p>The <dfn>start</dfn> edge of a box is nominally the edge from which
-    text of its primarily directionality will start. For boxes with
+    text of its inline base direction will start. For boxes with
     a used 'direction' value of ''ltr'', this means the <i>line left</i>
     edge. For boxes with a used 'direction' value of ''rtl'', this means
     the <i>line right</i> edge. The edge opposite the start edge is the
@@ -2042,7 +2050,7 @@ <h4 id="logical-shorthand-keyword">Shorthand Properties with ''logical'' Keyword
 <!----></code></pre>
   </div>
 
-<h3 id="background-and-borders">Logical Backgrounds and Borders</h3>
+<h3 id="background-and-borders">Logical Background and Border Images</h3>
 
   <p>[[!CSS3BG]] is handled separately because it can fill an area with specified images,
     and the area to fill can be rotated or flipped depending on the text flow.</p>