----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter R. Mueller-Roemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Unicode Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:42 PM Subject: Re: Keyboard Cursor Keys
> Doug Ewell wrote: > > >Robert Finch wrote: > > > > > >>'m trying to implement a Unicode keyboard device, and I'd rather have > >>keyboard processing dealing with genuine Unicode characters for the > >>cursor keys, rather than having to use a mix of keyboard scan codes > >>and Unicode characters. > >> > >> > > > >This will quickly spiral out of control as you move past the "easy" > >cases like adding character codes for cursor control functions. > > > the "easy" cases like adding character codes for cursor control functions > are not so easy when you have a short phrase or R-text (Right-to Left) > embedded in a line of Englisch (L-text). > > I think it is an acceptable solution at present (only a temporary > implementation or solidified standard (?)) that the R-arrow will move > through such a line of L-R-L mixed unicode text from Left, = Start of line, > to Right, = logical End of text, passing the R-text in the > correct logical order from its Right beginning to its Left end to continue > past its Right in the usual manner. I would not like to give up > this repeat-key action! These "not so easy" cases are more easy if you consider how things are stored. I think what you say here then can be reformulated as: Let the left-arrow move the cursor to the beginning of the (logically ordered) file and the right arrow to the end of it. Which, afaik is the way unipad does it.
