Re: [xsl] BIDI problem in XSL-FO

["G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've always expected block-level constructs to
insulate neutral characters from strongly-directioned adjacent characters.

In my class I advise students never to use
<bidi-override direction=""> unless they really
want to mess with Unicode's built-in direction
strength, as every case I can think of
<bidi-override unicode-bidi="embed"> is
sufficient for insulation at the inline-level.

It appears insufficient in Michael's example,
however, and so I have been stymied by his question.

. . . . . . . Ken

At 2016-05-03 13:06 +0000, Tony Graham tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> On 03/05/2016 13:21, Tony Graham tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ...
> > > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > > Van: "Michael M|ller-Hillebrand mmh@xxxxxxxxx"
> > > <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ...
> > > <fo:block>Brand name (Former name)</fo:block>
> > >
> > > This is visually rendered like this:
> > >
> > > (Brand name (Former name
> ...
> > > My first idea is to add <fo:bidi-override direction="ltr"> to each
> > > block or maybe only each text node that consist of solely non-Arabic
> > > characters. I guess this could be done using a regular expression like
> >
> > That will 'un-mirror' the ')' but not change its position. See FO below.
>
> Sorry, yes, 'direction' should apply only to fo:bidi-override. I'll have
> to look into what it was doing to fo:block. This will work:
>
> <fo:block><fo:bidi-override
> direction="ltr">Brand name (Former name)</fo:bidi-override></fo:block>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Tony Graham.
> --
> Senior Architect
> XML Division
> Antenna House, Inc.
> ----
> Skerries, Ireland
> tgraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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