From: Tomas Frydrych (tomas@frydrych.uklinux.net)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 01:45:33 EDT
I completely forgot, bidi processing needs to be added to the table
and footnote/endnote code, both of which is needs to be done before
2.0.
A. Tables
RTL tables need to lay columns from right to left. The layout order
of the columns should be determined as follows:
(1) the table checks its 'dom-dir' property ("rtl" or "ltr"); if
set, the layout is done on its basis, if not,
(2) check the 'dom-dir' property of the document section containing
the table; if set, the layout is done on its basis. The
PP_lookupProperty() function should be used for this, since it
handles document-level inheritance.
We will need a GUI to allow the user to set the 'dom-dir' of a table;
this will require a check-box in the Insert Table dialogue, which
should be initialized by the value of the 'dom-dir' property of the
parent document section (or in case of nested tables the parent
table).
B. Footnotes/Endnotes
The code that inserts a note needs to examine the value of the 'dom-
dir' property of the document section containing the footnote
reference, and set the 'dom-dir' of the block containing the footnote
initially to the same value.
The code that lays out the note should examine the value of the 'dom-
dir' property of the document section containing the footnote
reference. If the value is 'rtl' then the footnote number needs to be
placed to the right of the footnote text.
Tomas
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