Re: arrow keys vs. C-f/b/n/p

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:49:25 +0200
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> From: Lennart Borgman <address@hidden>
> >> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:09:44 +0200
> >> Cc: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, David 
> >> Kastrup <address@hidden>,
> >>       address@hidden
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 6:29 PM, James Cloos <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > In Openoffice.org, the arrow keys move logically.
> >>
> >> Seems like a mistake to me.
> >
> > What is the mistake?  What do you think James described by the above
> > sentence?
> 
> I read it as meaning that the arrow keys does not always move
> visually. (I.e. right arrow keys could move to the left.)

Only when the bidirectional context changes, e.g. you traverse a R2L
text in a L2R paragraph.

> Are you saying that the right arrow key etc will always move visually
> to the right?

No.  Cursor motion works in the logical order, not in the visual
order.