RE: Implementation status of "Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML" ("dir" & "directory")

Sorry, I just read Aharon's comments and I stand corrected.  Other abbreviations, such as direct, would not work.  I am o.k. with direction then.
 
Thanks Aharon and Najib.
 
Best,
 
--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar@hotmail.com 





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> From: cewcathar@hotmail.com
> To: ntounsi@emi.ac.ma; public-i18n-bidi@w3.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:44:59 -0500
> Subject: RE: Implementation status of "Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML" ("dir" & "directory")
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> > Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:59:28 +0000
> > From: ntounsi@gmail.com
> > To: public-i18n-bidi@w3.org
> > CC: cewcathar@hotmail.com
> > Subject: Re: Implementation status of "Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML" ("dir" & "directory")
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> > CE Whitehead wrote:
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> > > Hi, Aharon, I just scanned to 2.3:
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> > >> "2.3 Support reporting the chosen direction of and in form submissions.
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> > >> "HTML5 added a new attribute with roughly the proposed semantics but:
> > >> Limited it to inputs of type “text” and “search”, and
> > >> Called it dirname. The problem with the name “submitdir” is that most people apparently take it> to mean the plausible “directory you submit to” (i.e. similar to “action” - someone even
> > >> suggested renaming it “actiondir” "
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> > > My comment: all of the alternate names still seem like they are intended to access a directory.
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> > Not an argument for me.
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> > Indeed, the word "dir" may seem not appropriate, and a better name is
> > welcome. But I don't see why "dir" would be taken to be related to the
> > word "directory", which is an english word.
> > I'm not sure why a non english speaker, e.g. french person working in
> > french context, even though he/she uses english terms like 'form'
> > 'strong' 'action' 'input' etc., would think about the word "dir" to be
> > related to a "répertoire", which is the french word for the directory
> > concept.
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> Hmm, one question: I think dir is already the established word in html for text direction so I assume we are stuck with the dir part of the term. Is that correct?
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> --C. E. Whitehead
> cewcathar@hotmail.com
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> > Best, Najib
> > > Why not textdir ?
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> > > Best,
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> > > C. E. Whitehead
> > > cewcathar@hotmail.com
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