> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:11:06 +0100 > From: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 03:47:44PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:59 +0100 > > > From: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> > > > > > > the Info format is implicitly left to right top to bottom... > > > > No, it isn't. What you meant to say is that the text in an Info file > > is stored in the so-called "logical" (a.k.a. "reading") direction. > > That is true; however the Info _viewer_ could very well _display_ that > > text in any direction suitable for the language(s) or script(s) used > > by the Info file. > > I didn't said anything contrary to what you say. The 'Info format' is > indeed what corresponds to 'the text in an Info file', not what a > viewer would show.
OK, but then what exactly did you mean to convey by saying that the format is implicitly left to right? Text is always stored in a file in the logical left to right order, and is processed by any program in that order.
