Re: Review of Bi-Di code, bug 62777

[Erik van der Poel]

Lina Kemmel wrote:
> 
> <style type="text/css">
>   BDO {unicode-bidi: normal; direction: ltr}
> </style>
> <!unicode-bidi: normal - means that override is prohibited>
> 
> ...
> 
> <P><BDO dir=rtl>abc</BDO></P>
> 
> We see here 2 rules with identical weight and origin, but different
> specificity:
> the first rule has selector's specificity = 1 (please correct me if I'm
> wrong; anyway, its specificity has a non-zero value!), and the second
> one has specificity = 0
> 
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/cascade.html#cascade>
> "the non-CSS presentational hints must be translated to the
> corresponding CSS rules with specificity equal to zero."
> 
> As a result, the first rule wins, <BDO dir=rtl> has no effect, and the
> text should be displayed as is:               abc

OK, I understand now. I was confused by the typo you had earlier.

Thanks,

Erik