> From: Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:19:40 +0100 > Cc: UnicoDe List <[email protected]> > > Have you seen how the caret behaves in Java applications ? It shows an > extra triangular arrow head, oriented to the left or right, and connected > to the top of the vertical line. And it is then really appearing NEARBY the > character it designates in the indicated direction.
This is not enough. To show full information about the insertion point in bidirectional text, you need a two-part caret, because depending on whether you are going to insert or delete, and the directionality of inserted/deleted character, the locus of the changes can be different.
