ACTION-2010: Clarify/errata for text DOM methods in SVG 1.1, specify that unrendered characters don't contribute to the computation; remove exceptions of getSubStringLength; clarify about unseparable characters

Clarify/errata for text DOM methods in SVG 1.1, specify that unrendered characters don't contribute to the computation; remove exceptions of getSubStringLength; clarify about unseparable characters

State:
closed
Person:
Erik Dahlström
Due on:
May 13, 2008
Created on:
May 6, 2008
Associated Product:
SVG Full 1.1
Related emails:
  1. Patch for Acid3 test 77 (SVGTextContentElement errata) (from ed@opera.com on 2008-06-23)
  2. SVGTextContentElement errata (from cam@mcc.id.au on 2008-06-23)
  3. Minutes, June 19, 2008 telcon (from cam@mcc.id.au on 2008-06-19)
  4. ACTION-2010, round 2 (from ed@opera.com on 2008-06-19)
  5. Minutes, SVG telcon Thursday 12 June 2008 (from anthony.grasso@cisra.canon.com.au on 2008-06-12)
  6. Minutes SVG Telcon, May 6 2008 (from a.neumann@carto.net on 2008-05-06)

Related notes:

Superseeded ACTION-1870 (http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Group/track/actions/1870). Also should involve responding to hixie.

Erik Dahlström, 29 May 2008, 10:02:20

Sent preliminary response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2008May/0058.html

Erik Dahlström, 30 May 2008, 09:19:45

Remove the exceptions for negative values from all of the text methods, since the in parameters are unsigned long.

Erik Dahlström, 12 Jun 2008, 11:13:30

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