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Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions
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Carl Sorensen |
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Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:41:30 -0600 |
On 10/7/10 1:44 AM, "Alexander Kobel" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2010-10-06 17:46, Mark Polesky wrote:
>> I also think the name 'space is misleading; I propose
>> 'default-distance. Opinions?
>
> I can't see why 'space should be misleading, but that might just be that
> I'm accustomed to it by now. It's shorter, but anything other is okay
> as well.
> (Of course, this requires an understanding of the connections 'padding
> vs. 'space and 'stretchability vs. 'minimum-distance.)
>
> But should it be 'default-distance or 'optimal-distance? "Default" to
> me (non-native speaker) implies that it's the value proposed by the
> system, which can be overridden by the user. I think "optimal" fits
> better in the sense that it's the user-given value which the layout
> algorithms aims to achieve, but does not always succeed to reach.
I think I'd prefer desired-distance to optimal-distance. optimal distance
is what the algorithms actually end up with, as a tradeoff between desired
distance and the amount of stuff on a page.
Thanks,
Carl
- names of vertical spacing dimensions, Mark Polesky, 2010/10/04
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Mark Polesky, 2010/10/06
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Carl Sorensen, 2010/10/06
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Trevor Daniels, 2010/10/06
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Alexander Kobel, 2010/10/07
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions,
Carl Sorensen <=
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Valentin Villenave, 2010/10/07
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Carl Sorensen, 2010/10/07
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Alexander Kobel, 2010/10/07
- Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, David Kastrup, 2010/10/07
Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions, Mark Polesky, 2010/10/07