At 13:55 -0500 2004-03-24, Ernest Cline wrote:
It is reasonable for Unicode to ignore boustrophedon at present
because it is not necessary for the scripts it currently supports and
it adds an extra and usually unneeded layer of complexity to the
bidirectional algorithm. If Unicode ever adds a boustrophedon
only script, then in my opinion, leaving the issue to higher levels
would be insufficient and Unicode will have to bite the bullet
and address boustrophedon in the standard itself.
Perhaps you should take this up with the keepers of the Bidi algorithm, Ernest.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
