https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152125
--- Comment #8 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalr...@gmx.com> --- (In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #1) > Eyal, Khaled, what do you think? A few notes: 1. Most Hebrew speaking users, in my experience, are not aware of Unicode control chars, and never use them. That is not to say we shouldn't decently support their use though... Personally, I occasionally use RLM's and LRM's, and use the keyboard to insert them. I figure out they are present by noticing the cursor doesn't move to the next position when I press an arrow key. And I never use any of the others control chars, because if I did, I would have to maintain stacks of RTL state in my head, and that is simply not something humans want to do, AFAICT. And I'm an "advanced" user. So I believe almost nobody will use the other control chars of their own volition. The problem is when a document you've opened, or text you've copy-pasted, has these control chars - and then LO would start acting funny. 2. This issue is relevant not only for Writer. It can definitely come up in Calc or Impress, even if less often. 3. Any visual indication should preferably be such, that a "newbie" user who is not familiar with these chars, and has gotten them by accidental insertion, copy-pasting, or opening an existing document, can be quickly directed to an explanation of what those control chars do. Hopefully something with illustrations. 4. If Unicode control chars are made visible , we must have an easy-to-toggle option to hide them, since their visibility will probably encumber reading. (In reply to Regina from comment #0) > "the illustration glyphs (that with the dotted border in the Unicode chart > files)" Not sure what that is. Do you mean what we would see in the Special Character dialog? Thatr's often an empty square for LRM and RLM. (...) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
