https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149824
--- Comment #12 from Amin <mozaffar.a...@gmail.com> --- (In reply to Khaled Hosny from comment #9) > (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #8) > > Hello Amin, > > > > Unfortunately, your opening comment and your attachment "current and > > expected situation" - contradict. > > > > In your opening comment, you've listed the "expected results" to the > > ordering of numbers that in your attachment is described as > > inappropriate/undesirable. You've also stated that's not what you get in LO. > > > > Well, I'll assume that you mixed up "expected" and "actual" in the first > > comment. > > > > Assuming that is the case, then - this is NOTABUG. > > > > Numbers, in both Arabic and Hebrew (and most probably Farsi) are written > > from left-to-write, starting with the most significant decimal digit. They > > are _mostly_ read that way - with the exception that, in Arabic, the last > > two digits are read in reverse order. Anyway, 502 would be written, in > > Arabic with hindi digits as ٥٠٢ - both in an RTL and an LTR paragraph. Also, > > when writing a fractional number, the integral part is to the left of the > > fractional part. > > > > It thus makes sense for Number-Dot-Number paragraph numbering, in Arabic as > > well as in English, to have the first number on the left, and the second > > number on the right. Hundreds of Thousands of Arabic speakers use > > LibreOffice, and - to my knowledge - have not complained about this being > > the order. > > > > As for your ODT attachment #181202 [details] - when I open it, I see Arabic, > > not Hindi, numerals in both sequences of paragraphs (i.e. 123, not ١٢٣). > > You should probably choose an explicit number sequence rather than sticking > > to the default. > > > > So, please clarify and update the attachments if necessary. > > Numbered lists (in Arabic at least) follow the hierarchical order not the > LTR direction of the numbers, so 1 must precede 2 (i.e. be at the right of > it). > > One possible solution is to surround each level number with FSI (U+2068) / > PDI (U+2069) so they becomes isolated from each other and follow the > paragraph direction. Yes. I agree. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
