Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>No. The unicode specification specify exactly how a compliant
>implementation should display bidi (convert logical->visual). All
>implementations should be strictly compliant. If two separate
>implementations display the same sentence in a different way, then at
>least one of them is buggy.
I have no intention to start a bout of Microsoft bashing, but you should
know that there is a serious departure from the Unicode algorithm in
Windows implementations starting with NT4 (depending on updates), all
Win2k and all WinXP versions. The problem is as follows:
Given the string "abc 123HEBREW" where upper case letters represent
Hebrew, the Unicode algorithm says that it should be displayed as "abc
123WERBEH". However, Windows will display it as "abc WERBEH123" (try this
in Notepad for instance).
Note that MS Internet Explorer displays correctly according to the Unicode
algorithm. Also, the bug will not appear if there is a space between
"123" and "HEBREW".
This is relevant because you may receive in your Linux machine mail items
sent from Outlook or another Windows-based mail program, and it may not be
displayed for you the same way as the author saw it when creating the
text.
Shalom (Regards), Mati
Bidi Architect
Globalization Center Of Competency - Bidirectional Scripts
IBM Israel
Phone: +972 2 5870999 ext. 1202 Fax: +972 2 5870333 Mobile:
+972 52 554160
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