Marcos Caceres wrote:
Hi, i18n-WG.
In recent feedback we received from Addison Phillips regarding the
Widgets 1.0: Packaging specification, he suggested that WebApps should
add a <span>-like element to our Widget Configuration Document format
(so to allow bidi text to be declared).
At our last F2F, WebApps discussed the proposition and we were left
wondering if we can use unicode's RLM/LRM characters instead of a
<span>-like element?
In fact, <span>-like element with dir attribute is equivalent to RLE/LRE
and PDF, which open a new embedding level.
You can always make use of RLM/LRM instead of a <span>-like element to
arrange bidi rendering, but the general purpose is not the same.
Regards, Najib
Can i18n please advise us on this? Not having the
<span>-like element significantly simplifies our processing model. We
don't want to sacrifice i18n for the sake of simplicity, so we really
need your guidance again on how to move forward.
Having read "Internationalization Best Practices: Handling
Right-to-left Scripts in XHTML and HTML Content", we are aware that
there are problems with text editors ATM, but we are hoping the tools
will improve as Unicode support becomes more common place (or is that
wishful thinking?).
Kind regards,
Marcos
