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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Re: RTL/LTR directional tags
On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 15:10, David Tolpin wrote: > > > I assume that a proper Arabic editor inserts this character at the > > > very beginning of the file or allows you to put it easily. > > > > > Not really. A proper editor would have proper Bidi support ;) The only > > editor that comes off the top of my head which can do this is Yudit. I > > cannot say it is very popular among the Arabic users' community. > > I am confused by your notion of proper bidi support. Proper bidi > support is by no means the adding of bidi marks. > That's what I meant by the above. A proper Arabic editor (or bidirectional for that matter) is one which supports bidirectionality, without me the user having to explicitly insert directional marks. That's a given. > I'm using Windows XP right now (and it is a very rare occasion > with me, by the way). When I type a mix of Hebrew and English in > Wordpad, it is displayed with proper bidirectionality. No bidi marks > are inserted (and they should not be inserted). When I view the Correct. That is the behavior of a proper editor ;) > file's contents using a tool without bidi support, I can easily > see that the characters are stored in the order of input, without > any bidi reordering coded in; thus the bidi is in Wordpad. What I am saying is, only Yudit has those overriding directional marks and whatever else (last I checked -- been awhile). Regards -- ------------------------------------------------------- | Mohammed Elzubeir | Visit us at: | | | http://www.arabeyes.org/ | | Arabeyes Project | Homepage: | | Unix the 'right' way | http://elzubeir.fakkir.net/ | -------------------------------------------------------
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