[css-text] Consider different keyword for `line-break: break-all`?

[kojiishi]

I found myself that when someone asks me about break-all, I ask them "which break-all?" since we added this in #1171.

Would it be reasonable to consider different keyword for this?

@frivoal @fantasai

[frivoal]

On the one hand, I think all the properties and values related to text wrapping are terribly named. On the other hand, I do not have a better suggestion. On the third hand (!?), within all this mess line-break: break-all seems to me to be one of the better names.

I'm not opposed to renaming it, if you have a good idea, but I certainly don't.

[kojiishi]

Oh, thank you for the info, I wasn't aware that was the reason. Hm, that's hard, you know I'm not good at giving a name, and I'm good with any name that is not the same keyword as only slightly different feature.

Some brainstorming:

1. line-break: anywhere, since other values of line-break don't use break-/keep-* convention.
2. line-break: any-characters -- too long?
3. line-break: terminal, from your PR Line break break all #1438
4. line-break: ascii-art

Any particular one you may be ok/like, or some new ideas?

[patrickdark]

Suggestions: inter-character and inter-word-character.

[css-meeting-bot]

The CSS Working Group just discussed line-break: break-all, and agreed to the following resolutions:

• RESOLVED: Rename line-break:break-all to line-break:anywhere.
• RESOLVED: After edits from this meeting, publish new WD of Text 3.

The full IRC log of that discussion

<TabAtkins> Topic: line-break: break-all
<Rossen> github topic: https://github.com//issues/1561
<TabAtkins> Florian: line-break:break-all isn't a great name. Should we find a better name?
<TabAtkins> Florian: I think all names are bad, but I can't come up with a good one.
<TabAtkins> Florian: This value allows line-breaks everywhere.
<TabAtkins> Florian: word-break:break-all allows for breaks between letters, but not between punctuations, spaces, etc.
<TabAtkins> line-break is terminal wrapping, word-break is just hyphens-wherver-you-want
<TabAtkins> Florian: Trying to do better ignoring web constraints is hard, trying to do better *with* web compat is near impossible.
<TabAtkins> Florian: line-break:break-all is the newest one, with best chance of renaming.
<TabAtkins> Florian: Unforutnately it's got the best name, I think.
<TabAtkins> koji: I don't mean it's badly named, just that same keyword on similar property doing differently is confusing.
<TabAtkins> koji: Particularly if we have a shorthand for both hof these.
<TabAtkins> fantasai: shorthands can do custom syntax; we'll definitely redesign the whole thing if we do a shorthand
<TabAtkins> fantasai: Shorthand would be *great*, we can make it all make sense
<TabAtkins> zakim, shut up and go awya
<Zakim> I don't understand 'shut up and go awya', TabAtkins
<TabAtkins> koji: I understand it's possible, but if we're naming now, why choose "break-all"?
<TabAtkins> fantasai: We didn't have a better one.
<TabAtkins> koji: Line-break:terminal?
<fantasai> Rossen: anywhere?
<fantasai> Rossen: any?
<fantasai> Rossen: all?
<fantasai> TabAtkins: That would force a break between every character
<TabAtkins> [a few people like anywhere]
<fantasai> Rossen: anyone care?
<fantasai> TabAtkins: I think re-using the keyword is bad
<fantasai> [several other ppl care]
<TabAtkins> Rossen: So from the people paying attention, any objections to renaming break-all to anywhere?
<TabAtkins> dbaron: How widely implemented?
<TabAtkins> fantasai: Nowhere, it's new, we added it this year.
<TabAtkins> RESOLVED: Rename line-break:break-all to line-break:anywhere.
<TabAtkins> Florian: I have a PR for this change; other than me changing this keyword, can the editors approve it or tell me what's wrong?
<TabAtkins> fantasai: Yeah, at lunchb.
<TabAtkins> RESOLVED: After edits from this meeting, publish new WD of Text 3.

[fantasai]

CSSWG resolved to add as line-break: anywhere.