[webkit-dev] Ruby design document

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Jun 3, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Peter Kasting wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Roland Steiner <rolandsteiner at google.com 
> > wrote:
> However, if the consensus is that we should rather take those  
> objects out (Ian Hickson doesn't seem to be a fan of complex ruby,  
> either), then of course I can remove them from the code. The  
> resulting object model would probably look like:
>
>     ruby : RenderInline or RenderBlock (inline-block)
>         ruby-run : RenderBlock (inline-block with inline children) -  
> 1 or more
>             ruby-base : RenderInline -> InlineFlowBox - 1
>             ruby-text : RenderInline -> InlineFlowBox - 0 or 1  
> (could even allow 2, for both 'before' and 'after' positions)
>
> Seems like it wouldn't be hard to add the complexity in later (as a  
> second pass) if we decide there's value there; in the meantime,  
> writing the simplest possible implementation has testing and code  
> readability benefits.  I suggest sticking with the simple stuff  
> that's sufficient to do HTML5 as a first pas.  When everything is  
> in, tested and working, you can evaluate if more complex support a  
> la the current CSS3 spec is a good idea.  If so it'd probably make  
> sense to get HTMLx (whatever x is by then, perhaps 6) to agree so  
> that other browsers are all on board too.

I had the same reaction. Handling simple ruby seems like a good first  
step, even if we decide later that we want to add complex support.

Cheers,
Maciej

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