Jony Rosenne scripsit: > However, in Hebrew and Arabic, numbers are written left to right and so are > Latin and other LTR script quotations. So RTL really means mixed direction, > and the bidi algorithm is there to handle it automatically with little user > intervention.
BTW, Peter Daniels told me viva voce that arabophones, like persophones and hebraeophones, do (hand)write numbers LTR starting with the most significant digit. But we still have no confirmation from a native arabophone. And if someone could explain the full significance of the Arabic-Indic vs. the Eastern Arabic-Indic digits (other than glyph shape), I'd appreciate it. I know that the EAI digits work just like the European ones, whereas the AI digits work differently, but what is the effective difference? > All of this is completely irrelevant to boustraphedon and vertical scripts. > These are presentation issues that have not need for Unicode support. Vertical Ogham does, but forced override is sufficient -- it doesn't need an *implicit* bidi algorithm. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.reutershealth.com http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Humpty Dump Dublin squeaks through his norse Humpty Dump Dublin hath a horrible vorse But for all his kinks English / And his irismanx brogues Humpty Dump Dublin's grandada of all rogues. --Cousin James
