Re: names of vertical spacing dimensions

[Carl Sorensen]

On 10/6/10 9:46 AM, "Mark Polesky" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I also think the name 'space is misleading; I propose
> 'default-distance.  Opinions?

So then we'd have, for each item-item-spacing entry

default-distance -- the non-stretched distance between the upper item
reference point and the lower item reference point.

minimum-distance -- the minimum distance between the upper item reference
point and the lower item reference point

padding -- the minimum amount of whitespace between the bottom of the upper
item and the the top of the lower item

stretchability -- a parameter that affects how much the separation between
the items will be adjusted in order to accommodate the page layout.


That sounds good to me.

Thanks,

Carl

P.S. It seems to me that at one point Joe mentioned there was a different
default for stretchability for tension and compression.  If that's the case,
should we have a 'stretchability and a 'compressibility?