Yes, 'name' is an alias...I introduced it because I saw it was done this way
in the XSS. I will remove it. Are you saying I should change the syntax? I
personally think it is clearer this way.

Marius

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Jeanne Waldman
<jeanne.wald...@oracle.com>wrote:

>  What is 'name'? Is that an alias? We distinguished between selector and
> name in XSS but we don't in the CSS format. We still do in the code, but the
> person working with the css shouldn't know the difference.
>
> Yes, the con of my suggestion is that order matters and the user needs to
> know what the order means .I can see them not knowing is color what I'm
> setting or is color what I'm retrieving? That is what I think the con is for
> the CSS syntax like *padding: 0px 2px 3px 4px*
>
>
> Regarding your link, I haven't had time to look at that yet.
>
> Jeanne
>
> Marius Petoi wrote, On 1/12/2010 11:46 PM PT:
>
> Hi Jeanne,
>
> Thank you for the answer! Like in the situation of -tr-rule-ref, the list
> of properties is comma separated. I don't understand what you mean by
> camel-case...The name of the new property can be whatever the user wishes
> for. Afterwards, it will be treated like all the other properties in the
> CSS. Regarding the new syntax you suggested, first of all, we may have a
> selector or a name, in which case "selector" is replaced with "name". Also,
> another problem is the order in which they appear; with this syntax it can
> be any order.
>
> How about
> http://markmail.org/search/?q=skinning%20list%3Aorg.apache.myfaces.dev#query:skinning%20list%3Aorg.apache.myfaces.dev%20order%3Adate-backward+page:3+mid:3au5ilvrrpbxopgx+state:results?
>  Did you have the time to look over it too?
>
> Regards,
> Marius
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Jeanne Waldman <
> jeanne.wald...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>>  Another idea for the syntax comes from the rgb color syntax -
>> color: rgb(100%, 0%, 0%)
>>
>> You could use this syntax, and not specify what each of the properties is 
>> for:-tr-include-property:
>> property("af|foo", "color", "background-color")
>> or
>> property(af|foo, color, background-color)
>>
>> I like this because it's shorter, but I don't like it since they will have 
>> to look up which is which, something I have to do when I use the border: 0px 
>> 3px 2px 1px syntax - which is right, left, top, bottom.
>>
>>
>> Jeanne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeanne Waldman wrote, On 1/12/2010 10:21 AM PT:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Thanks for this patch.
>> I will have to look at the CSS spec to see if this syntax conforms to
>> other CSS syntaxes. This is what I usually do when I try to come up with a
>> new skinning api.
>> Like, is the comma standard, or should it be space-separated? Is the
>> camel-case standard, or should it be '-'s.
>> I think it looks good, but I'll have to look at it closer before I vote.
>>
>> Jeanne
>>
>> Marius Petoi wrote, On 1/11/2010 4:52 AM PT:
>>
>> Is there anyone who has already reviewed this or added them on his/her
>> TODO list? Thank you in advance!
>>
>> Marius
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Marius Petoi 
>> <marius.pe...@codebeat.ro>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I created a new JIRA task for this issue (
>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TRINIDAD-1680) and I added a patch
>>> for it.
>>>
>>> I introduced a new -tr property: "-tr-include-property". The syntax of
>>> this is:
>>>
>>>      -tr-include-property:
>>> property(selector="af|foo",propertyName="color",
>>> localPropertyName="background-color")
>>>
>>> In SkinStyleSheetParserUtils, when the selectors are parsed, similar to
>>> the -tr-rule-ref, I introduced a list of includedProperties. The rules
>>> defined with -tr-include-property are parsed and the list of
>>> includedProperties is filled up. In the end, when the StyleNode is created,
>>> this list is passed to the constructor.
>>>
>>> I also introduced the new feature in the documentation.
>>>
>>> Is the syntax of the new rule ok? And if so, please have a look over the
>>> patch and tell me whether I should modify anything.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Marius
>>>
>>
>>
>

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