- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosscaceres@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:19:23 +0100
- To: "public-i18n-core@w3.org" <public-i18n-core@w3.org>, "Web Applications Working Group WG" <public-webapps@w3.org>
Hi, i18n-WG. In recent feedback we received from Addison Phillips regarding the Widgets 1.0: Packaging specification, he suggested that WebApps should add a <span>-like element to our Widget Configuration Document format (so to allow bidi text to be declared). At our last F2F, WebApps discussed the proposition and we were left wondering if we can use unicode's RLM/LRM characters instead of a <span>-like element? Can i18n please advise us on this? Not having the <span>-like element significantly simplifies our processing model. We don't want to sacrifice i18n for the sake of simplicity, so we really need your guidance again on how to move forward. Having read "Internationalization Best Practices: Handling Right-to-left Scripts in XHTML and HTML Content", we are aware that there are problems with text editors ATM, but we are hoping the tools will improve as Unicode support becomes more common place (or is that wishful thinking?). Kind regards, Marcos -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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