Re: Need for Level Direction Mark

2011-09-18 Thread Philippe Verdy
2011/9/19 Peter Edberg : >> Note also that there's no way to specify a weak direction for the >> internal content of embedded fields, as we don't have the WDE..PDF >> mechanism described in the UBA for now (but may be we could emulate it >> using RLE,B..PDF or LRE,B..PDF (but with which B character

Re: Need for Level Direction Mark

2011-09-18 Thread Philippe Verdy
2011/9/19 Peter Edberg : > Philippe, > > On Sep 17, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Philippe Verdy wrote: > >> 2011/9/17 Peter Edberg : >>> 2. Philippe Verdy suggests that the intent of LDM is to change the bidi >>> class of a CS such as '/' to match the bidi class of the preceding EN >>> character. Actually,

Re: Need for Level Direction Mark

2011-09-18 Thread Peter Edberg
Richard, On Sep 17, 2011, at 7:24 PM, Richard Wordingham wrote: > On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:59:47 -0700 > Peter Edberg wrote: > > I'll take this argument first. > >> At any rate, it seems that if LDM-like behavior is needed, there is >> no alternative using existing controls. As Kent Karlsson say

Re: Need for Level Direction Mark

2011-09-18 Thread Peter Edberg
Philippe, On Sep 17, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Philippe Verdy wrote: > 2011/9/17 Peter Edberg : >> 2. Philippe Verdy suggests that the intent of LDM is to change the bidi >> class of a CS such as '/' to match the bidi class of the preceding EN >> character. Actually, the intent of LDM is to act like e

Highlights on Unicode Inc arrogance

2011-09-18 Thread Tulasi
Unicode Inc has copied some number of letters/symbols from Greek script, and then renamed as Latin script. Upon asking in Unicode Inc forum < unicode @ unicode.org> how many Greek letters/symbols have been copied and renamed as Latin, following is an example how Unicode Inc exits its arrogance thr

Re: Need for Level Direction Mark

2011-09-18 Thread Philippe Verdy
2011/9/18 Richard Wordingham : >> Furthermore, for the example in UAX #9 section 5.6, using RLM and LRM >> around the '-' causes reordering of the adjacent spaces, while using >> LDM before each '-' solves the layout problem. > > Of course, the problem of spaces is cured if one uses HYPHEN-MINUS,