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Re: [emacs-bidi] UTR#9 - Unicode BiDi (was Re: OpenOffice BiDi kudos)
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Behdad Esfahbod |
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Re: [emacs-bidi] UTR#9 - Unicode BiDi (was Re: OpenOffice BiDi kudos) |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:01:55 -0400 |
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 04:15:13 -0400
> > From: Behdad Esfahbod <address@hidden>
> >
> > Is it true that your implementation of Unicode Bidi algorithm
> > does not follow the UTR#9, with respect to handligh dash? Just
> > wanted to make sure this is not true, otherwise, please consider
> > following the standard.
>
> Handa-san is currently trying to plug the sequential implementation of
> UAX#9 that I wrote into the Emacs display code. The code I wrote
> renders "H-5" as "-5H", as per UAX#9. One needs to type "H-{RLM}5"
> to get the "H-5" result that most Hebrew users want.
>
> I guess we will need to get used to type RLM and LRM in similar
> situations, since we must be UAX#9 compliant, and since UAX#9 results
> in such madness in quite a few cases like this, sigh.
I guess you know the answer: Use U+2010 HYPHEN instead of U+002D
HYPHEN-MUNUS.
behdad,
who is going to study after finishing this mail.