[Bug 10808] text with unknown direction gets corrupted when inserted in content with opposite direction

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10808

--- Comment #36 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2010-11-05 01:12:00 UTC ---
Yeah, that's fair enough.

Ok, I will change the spec as follows:
 - make dir="" be defined as setting a logical direction
 - change the style sheet to use :ltr / :rtl instead of selecting on [dir]
 - add an "auto" value to "dir" that applies UAX #9 P2/P3 to the element's text
(skipping <script>, <style>, and certain other elements).
 - make dir=""'s default value element-specific
 - change <bdi> to default to "auto", the root <html> element to "ltr", and
have all other elements inherit the "computed" direction.
 - add an example to the dir="" section of an IM conversation where dir="auto"
would help (I'll need help with this since I don't speak any RTL languages).
 - add :rtl/:ltr to the selector mapping section

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Received on Friday, 5 November 2010 01:12:03 UTC