[Mapcss] width: thinnest

[Sebastian Klein]

Andrew O. Shadoura wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On Sunday 11 July 2010 20:25:57 Sebastian Klein wrote:
>> In Java:
>> draw thinnest:	width=0; ...
>> don't draw:	(Just don't draw it.)
> 
>> In CSS/MapCSS:
>> draw thinnest:	width : thinnest;
>> don't draw:	width : 0;
> 
> I'm strongly against giving 0 any special meaning at all. 0 should be just 0, 
> and nothing else. If the width of some feature is zero, we don't draw it.

+1

But it *has* a special meaning in Java and I never suggested it should 
be the same "syntax" in MapCSS. That's the reason for introducing a new 
keyword...

> Also, I'm against "thinnest" constant, as having this constant means we can 
> have different rendering depending on dpi and renderer's understanding of 
> thinnest.

That's the idea of the keyword. The way is so unimportant that it should 
be barely visible.

> I think we may have "media" option in @import statement so style author can 
> specify the exact width of features depending on media type. Or, we can have 
> "dpi" constant available to eval(). Or maybe both.

OK, let's wait till my implementation is up and running. Maybe it has 
sorted itself out by then. ;)


Sebastian