On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > >> The paragraph and span concept in SVG >> wouldn't be the same thing so it's not an antipattern. You would have >> to specify some kind of x/y coordinate and the width since SVG doesn't >> have a flow concept so there would be nothing to size or place >> against. > > No, all you have to do is define SVG positioning as being a slight > diff from absolute positioning. Then all the sizing just falls out.
Can you explain this? I don't understand how we decide the width of an html element as the containing block is the <svg> element. Are you saying we default to shrink wrap? Also, how does your proposal address flowing text inside of a <path>? A strawman of the JSON spec rewritten with your proposal would be useful. - E
