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[css-text-4] Bikeshedding word-boundary-expansion

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css-text-4 Needs Naming (Request to Bikeshed)
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Description

word-boundary-expansion is currently about expanding spaces in CJK, but it could be used more generically, e.g. to swap between spaces and Ethiopic spaces in Ethiopic. Can we rename this property to work better for other use cases?

Proposed name: word-boundary-transform, hooks in nicely with text-transform.

(I also am not a huge fan of the word-boundary part but I don't have a great idea. Maybe word-space-transform? word-splitter-transform? Idk.)

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Research direction

Start by reading the CSS Text Level 4 material on word-boundary-expansion and the issue's discussion of alternative names. Compare the proposed names with related terminology such as text-transform; the work is done when the Working Group agrees on a name and the specification reflects that decision.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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