On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Robert Meyer <rme...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi James, > > From reading the XSL specification (http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/#direction), > it states: > > "For the 'direction' property to have any effect on inline-level elements, > the 'unicode-bidi' property's value must be 'embed' or 'override'. " > > e.g. <fo:bidi-override direction="ltr" unicode-bidi="bidi-override"> > I think what you want to do here is create a LTR embedding context, as opposed to overriding the inherent directionality of the characters (which is what the above does). So you should use: <inline><fo:bidi-override direction="ltr" unicode-bidi="embed"><fo:page-number/> / <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="endofdoc"/></fo:bidi-override></inline> You can also do the same thing using explicit Unicode BIDI control characters LRE and PDF: <inline>‪<fo:page-number/> / <fo:page-number-citation ref-id="endofdoc"/>‬</inline> See [1] and [2] for more info. [1] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1rc1/complexscripts.html#bidi_override_element [2] http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1rc1/complexscripts.html#bidi_controls If you try that and are still having the same behaviour, would it be > possible for you to reply with an example FO showing the problem. > > Regards, > > Robert Meyer > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:23:36 +0100 > Subject: writing-mode="rl", bidi-override etc > From: quest.ja...@gmail.com > To: fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org > > > hi, > > in left-to-right languages, we display 1 / 2 (i.e. page 1 of 2 pages). > in right-to-left languages, it should also do 1 / 2, and it does if > <fo:inline>1 / 2 </fo:inline> > > however, if it is <fo:inline><fo:page-number/> / <fo:page-number-citation > ref-id="endofdoc"/></fo:inline>, > > it displays (in right-to-left languages), 2 / 1 instead of 1 / 2 > > i have tried forcing it, using <fo:bidi-override direction="ltr"> to no > avail > > it is the expected behaviour? > > james >
