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------- Additional comments from hennerdre...@openoffice.org Thu Oct 15 07:10:52 +0000 2009 ------- @hdu: Generally I agree with you on the subject of changing bidi properties. But in the case of brackets and parentheses similar problems repetitively seem to pop up. Therefore I feel the need to rethink the current situation once more. Some of these thoughts don't relate directly to this issue, but I think the broader view will also contribute to the current problem. Paired parentheses contain the notion of opening and closing. This is expressed visually, but only if both parentheses are directionally interpreted in the same way. So we mainly encounter problems in cases, where one bracket has an unambiguous bidi context and the second one is on the boundary of bidi runs. I think these cases could be improved by applying the unambiguous context to the pair bracket. The example to this issue is different, because here we have a symmetric situation (only one direction inside the brackets). Directionally-speaking it does not make a difference, if the brackets are assigned to the outer or inner run. They will swap their places, but the visual result is the same. Typographically, there is a difference: The brackets could belong to the inner or outer script and would be displayed in the corresponding font. In any case, as you stated before, bracket and enclosed word shouldn't be separated even if they belong to different runs. In the current situation the paragraph direction determines the script type of the parentheses in the latter cases. In these paired situations, the script type could also be determined by the enclosed script or the outer script. Each mode of interpretation could lead to subtle differences in the visual appearance (depending on the fonts chosen). But I think it is also a more general (philosophical) question: Where do the brackets belong? To the outer or to the enclosed? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
