On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:39:40AM +0200, Dov Feldstern wrote: > Martin Vermeer wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:13:34PM +0200, Dov Feldstern wrote: >>> >>> Martin Vermeer wrote: >>>> On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:49:22 +0100 >>>> Abdelrazak Younes >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>>>>> Martin Vermeer >>>>>> <martin.vermeer-RGpGn/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> But I am not sure I understand. Why is forceLTR true for ERT? Just >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> display purpose? >>> The truth is, it shouldn't be. We're overloading the usage of forceLTR >>> --- a slight misunderstanding between me and Martin. I actually suggested >>> having *two* separate options in the layout: "forceLTR" and "Language". >> I think that was _my_ original idea... or then I missed your proposal. I >> dropped it thinking that you only wanted forceLRT, and that that was >> a good idea ;-) > > Hmmm... let's start this over again: > > Normally, if within an RTL paragraph we insert an inset whose contents are > LTR, then the language/direction will be switched *inside* the inset; this > is taken care of automatically by the inset itself. However, there are some > situations in which we won't be able to switch the language/direction once > we're inside the inset --- for example, inside a \url, where any language > switch commands would just be output verbatim.
Well, the inset could also write out stuff before and after the \url{..}, right? [I don't really know what the discussion is about, so ignore if not appropriate...] Andre'