https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165680
--- Comment #6 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> --- A few more words following the design meeting: 1. A bit more on motivation: Think about Hebrew numbering for example. After 10, we start using a second letter for the tens. So, א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י יא (LibreOffice doesn't support the use of apostrophes as part of the number, so I didn't include them.) Now, as this comment is rendered LTR and left-aligned, you'll see what happens when the numbers are left-aligned. That is typically not desirable in Hebrew, whether you're on the right or the left side of a page. But - if the line numbering is on the right, that is exactly what we get. This becomes even more obvious when you add the apostrophes: א' ב' ג' ד' ה' ו' ז' ח' ט' י' י"א (I've used RLMs to force the apostrophes to appear as they would with RTL direction and Left alignment) 2. About defining the edge of the area for line numbers: * A silly option is the edge of the page; we don't want that. * A second option is introducing a margin for line numbers, relative to the edge of the page * We could define a width relative to the text area for line numbers * And finally, we could take the longest line number in the document, and use its point of horizontal reach as the edge. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
