> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 21:00:55 +0000 > From: Richard Wordingham via Unicode <unicode@unicode.org> > > > The definition is trivial: the order of characters on > > display, from left to right. The only possible reason to split hairs > > here could be when some characters don't appear on display, like > > control characters. Other than that, there should be no doubt what > > visual order means. > > To me, 'visual order' means in the dominant order of the script.
That is not the correct definition, IMO. > Furthermore, let me quote from the Bidi Algorithm: > > "In combination with the following rule, this means that trailing > whitespace will appear at the visual end of the line (in the paragraph > direction)." > > The 'visual end' is clearly not always the right-hand end! This talks about the "visual end", not about "visual order".