CE Whitehead wrote: >> >> For numbers, the inversion is implicit. > > (Is the inversion implicit ?? Yes, the inversion is implicit. On Bidi issues you are safe taking Jony's word for it. > When you type on an Arabic typewriter, I guess you start typing numerals beginning with the 1's, then the 10's, then the 100's--I've never typed numerals on an Arabic typewriter though > [a poem once I typed, that was written by al-Khansa, that I found in Arberry, and that I needed to markup.]) A typewriter is limited by the capabilities of the technology (although I believe that electric "golf ball" typewriters in the 1960s or 70s already allowed the user to change direction).Received on Monday, 12 March 2007 06:47:55 GMT
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