> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:23:52 +0100 > From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wording...@ntlworld.com> > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:09:18 -0700 > Asmus Freytag <asm...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > On 7/24/2015 2:59 AM, Frédéric Grosshans wrote: > > > Let me rephrase my remark in a less “stupid and dangerous” way. > > > > > > If a LTR character has the BidiMirrored=No property, it may > > > either be mirrored or not when typeset in RTL, depending on other > > > factors. Specifically, the BidiMirrored property has not been > > > specified for ancient LTR scripts which are mirrored when RTL or > > > boustrephodon, like Italic, Runic, Archaic Greek, Archaic Latin, > > > Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Note that some RTL script, like Old North > > > Arabian, are mirrored when LTR. > > > We do want "BidiMirrorred=No" to be honored; for example for the > > arrows and the ornate parens. And we do not want that to be overridden > > And at present, that may be overridden in a right-to-left context!
What do you mean by "overridden" in this context? AFAIK, mirroring indeed depends on context, but a character whose BidiMirrorred property is No will _never_ be mirrored, according to the UBA. There are no overrides for that property, AFAIK.
