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Re: [docbook-apps] Re: RTL/LTR directional tags
- From: Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org>
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Cc: doc at arabeyes dot org
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:12:09 +0400
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: RTL/LTR directional tags
- Organization: Arabeyes
- References: <1076922935.606.53.camel@localhost> <20040216094123.GA24248@nic.fr>
On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 13:41, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> I don't speak Arabic and I never tried my suggestion but why not just
> using Unicode's:
>
> U+202B "RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING"
>
> Wether the current typical tools for Docbook will implement this
> character properly is another issue... But they should. tell us if it
> works.
>
That would not be the issue. I find such a work-around hardly
satisfactory. I cannot ask the folks writing documentation to insert
unicode non-visible characters..
Arabic and Hebrew share the same issue, so I wonder if any of the Hebrew
speakers have any light to shed.
Regards
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