On Friday, 11 April 2025 at 01:18, Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote:
> But the tricky part, as you stated in your first message, is that in some > cases arrows need to follow the visual directionality of surrounding > characters, while in other cases they need to ignore surrounding characters > and truly mean “left” or “right.” > > This is why adding the existing arrows to the “mirrored” list would merely > swap one problem for another, and why you suggested a mirroring control > character. > > -- > Doug Ewell, CC, ALB | Lakewood, CO, US | ewellic.org Exactly. I never seem to choose my words well enough - as you correctly understood, when I said "make available", I meant with the use of a control character. This behavior _cannot_ be applied to existing unmodified arrow characters - it would violate the Unicode stability policy. My original suggestion was to add new arrow characters which would each have the Bidi_Mirrored=Yes proprety. MANY new arrow characters. Every existing horizontal arrow would have needed a variant with this property. This was not the best idea, but it started the conversation. The current suggestion is to apply this behavior to existing characters using a modifier/control character. Thank you for helping to clarify the current status. I have some thoughts about the ramifications of such a control character, and other control characters that naturally "fall out" when considering it. I feel like I have convinced enough of the participants here that this idea has merit, so I will share these thoughts here soon, under a new title.
