Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-09-02 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
Hi, I don't like the idea of RLE..PDF to force paragraph direction, and it is WRONG, the Unicode BiDi Algorithm is so that puttinjg a RLE at the beginning does not set the paragraph direction to right to left, because the RLE and LRE marks are not strong characters, so the only and logical w

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-09-01 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 10:40:17PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > What about text messages? > > There is no standard for setting a text/plain message's directionality. > I think the RFC says its to be determined from the first strong > character or

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-09-01 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 10:48:39PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I've coded up some simple key bindings for Mozilla to allow switching > >the direction of the input box, just like (Left/Right)Ctrl-Shift > >does in Windows / Qt. > > > >Get it from: > >htt

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-09-01 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 10:40:17PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > What about text messages? There is no standard for setting a text/plain message's directionality. I think the RFC says its to be determined from the first strong character or something like that. (We can actually use RLE and LRE to

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-09-01 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Behdad Esfahbod wrote: >Hi, > >I don't like the idea of RLE..PDF to force paragraph direction, >and it is WRONG, > Yes, it is. I think that, at this stage, people are more interested in "WORKING" than in "RIGHT". > the Unicode BiDi Algorithm is so that puttinjg a >RLE at the beginning does

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-09-01 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > > >>Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >> >> >> >>>What about text messages? >>> >>>Is it possible to force directionality by beggning a document/paragraph >>>with RLM/LRM ? Is it wise? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Probably not work. This w

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-08-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > > >What about text messages? > > > >Is it possible to force directionality by beggning a document/paragraph > >with RLM/LRM ? Is it wise? > > > > > Probably not work. This works only with editors that use the BiDi > algorithm to

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-08-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >What about text messages? > >Is it possible to force directionality by beggning a document/paragraph >with RLM/LRM ? Is it wise? > > Probably not work. This works only with editors that use the BiDi algorithm to select direction. Usually what would happen, though, is tha

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-08-31 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Ilya Konstantinov wrote: >Hi, > >I've coded up some simple key bindings for Mozilla to allow switching >the direction of the input box, just like (Left/Right)Ctrl-Shift >does in Windows / Qt. > >Get it from: >http://toast.unwind.co.il/hacks/mozBidiBindings.tar.gz >(installation instructions insid

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-08-31 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > Hi, > > I've coded up some simple key bindings for Mozilla to allow switching > the direction of the input box, just like (Left/Right)Ctrl-Shift > does in Windows / Qt. > > Get it from: > http://toast.unwind.co.il/hacks/mozBidiBindings.tar.gz > (ins

Re: BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-08-31 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 09:07:20PM +0300, Diego Iastrubni wrote: > nice hacks! Thanks. > Does it allign or also set the direction? If your text already has some alignment set (that is, it doesn't use the default alignment), then the left/right alignment would stay as it was, but the BiDi direct

BiDi directionality control for Mozilla

2002-08-31 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
Hi, I've coded up some simple key bindings for Mozilla to allow switching the direction of the input box, just like (Left/Right)Ctrl-Shift does in Windows / Qt. Get it from: http://toast.unwind.co.il/hacks/mozBidiBindings.tar.gz (installation instructions inside) Unfortunately I was unable to u