[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] behaviour of 'a' key and sub alignment

[Paul TT]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:42:32 -0400
Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 11:16:34PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 10:46:02PM +0200, Paul TT wrote:
> > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:36:24 -0400
> > > Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 05:04:19PM +0200, Paul TT wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I read about IRC discussion in the other thread, but the
result
> > > > > is that when i am playing something with subs and i press 'a'
it
> > > > > still tell me 'bottom' when they are top-aligned and 'top'
when
> > > > > they're bottom-aligned.....
> > > > 
> > > > RTFM; you're just misunderstanding the word "align". Subs have
always
> > > > been correctly aligned.
> > > 
[...] 
> > 
> > bottom alignment:
> > 
> >   the bottom of this subtitle is aligned with the subtitle position
> >   ----------this---line---is---the---subtitle---position-----------
> > 
> > center alignment:
> > 
> >   ----this--subtitle--is--centered--on--the--subtitle--position----
> > 
> > top alignment:
> > 
> >   --------this---line---is---the---subtitle---position----------
> >   the top of this subtitle is aligned with the subtitle position
> > 
> > 
> > Does that clarify things?  Probably the man page needs to explain
things
> > better still...

ok, now i understood.

> Note that this is identical to the (correct) behavior of the align
> attribute in html/css for positioning images, tables, etc..

right, I saw your modifications in mplayer.1, now it's clearer...
sorry for the breaking of <allthingsexplainedwithbadwords>