[svgwg] Issue: inline-base direction marked as i18n

r12a has just labeled an issue for https://github.com/w3c/svgwg as 
"i18n":

== inline-base direction ==
11.1.1. Definitions
https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/text.html#TermInlineBaseDirection

> inline-base direction
>     The primary direction in which content is ordered within a line 
or part of a line of text. It defines the "start" and "end" sides of a
 line or part of a line of text (relevant, for example to how the 
text-anchor property is applied). It is determined by the direction 
property. (**Note: the ordering of characters in a line of text is 
primary controlled by the Unicode bidi algorithm and not the 
inline-base direction.)** 

Not sure i understand the point in the last sentence (to which i added
 bolding).  Depending on what characters are involved, it seems to me 
that the inline base direction is equally important as the bidi 
algorithm in laying out bidirectional text, since it informs the bidi 
algorithm about how to layout out the text.

See https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/261

Received on Friday, 9 September 2016 16:26:06 UTC