From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 20:27:53 EDT
>
> In order to provide bidi users with an easy way to override the
> Unicode bidi algorithm (and to fix bug 2742), I am going to implement
> support for the Unicode direction markers (LRM and RLM), and I need
> intuitive keyboard bindings for inserting these. I have had a look
> through the currently available bindings, and would like to use Alt+>
> and Alt+< to insert LRM and RLM respectively.
>
> I want to use the '<' and '>' characters because (a) they will
> intuitive, and (b) I need keys that will be available on most
> keyboards (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.), and since these are basic
> mathematical symbols I expect this should be the case.
>
> I want to use the Alt prefix because although we do not use Ctrl+</>
> for anything at the moment, in Word these are used to
> increase/decrease current font size, and I suspect one day someone
> might want to implement this (I find it quite handy).
>
> Now that you know my reasoning, if you have any objections to these
> particular bindings, or better suggestions, please let me know.
>
HI Tomas,
> Tomas
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