Know of any invisible right-to-left characters in Unicode?
A common problem with right-to-left text and many text editors is that while the actual right-to-left characters are written right-to-left, the punctuation (nominally) following such a sentence is switched back to left-to-right mode again.
This results in, for example, Hebrew text not followed but preceeded by a question mark.
The problem can be dealt with by adding another right-to-left character after the punctuation. But that is certainly not a good solution.
So I am wondering whether there is an invisible right-to-left character in Unicode that I could add after punctuation at the end of right-to-left text in order to get the effect of adding another character but not the sight of it.
Any ideas?
Or any other ideas to solve the problem?
unicode hebrew arabic right-to-left farsi
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
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A common problem with right-to-left text and many text editors is that while the actual right-to-left characters are written right-to-left, the punctuation (nominally) following such a sentence is switched back to left-to-right mode again.
This results in, for example, Hebrew text not followed but preceeded by a question mark.
The problem can be dealt with by adding another right-to-left character after the punctuation. But that is certainly not a good solution.
So I am wondering whether there is an invisible right-to-left character in Unicode that I could add after punctuation at the end of right-to-left text in order to get the effect of adding another character but not the sight of it.
Any ideas?
Or any other ideas to solve the problem?
unicode hebrew arabic right-to-left farsi
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
3,26983955
add a comment |
A common problem with right-to-left text and many text editors is that while the actual right-to-left characters are written right-to-left, the punctuation (nominally) following such a sentence is switched back to left-to-right mode again.
This results in, for example, Hebrew text not followed but preceeded by a question mark.
The problem can be dealt with by adding another right-to-left character after the punctuation. But that is certainly not a good solution.
So I am wondering whether there is an invisible right-to-left character in Unicode that I could add after punctuation at the end of right-to-left text in order to get the effect of adding another character but not the sight of it.
Any ideas?
Or any other ideas to solve the problem?
unicode hebrew arabic right-to-left farsi
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
3,26983955
A common problem with right-to-left text and many text editors is that while the actual right-to-left characters are written right-to-left, the punctuation (nominally) following such a sentence is switched back to left-to-right mode again.
This results in, for example, Hebrew text not followed but preceeded by a question mark.
The problem can be dealt with by adding another right-to-left character after the punctuation. But that is certainly not a good solution.
So I am wondering whether there is an invisible right-to-left character in Unicode that I could add after punctuation at the end of right-to-left text in order to get the effect of adding another character but not the sight of it.
Any ideas?
Or any other ideas to solve the problem?
unicode hebrew arabic right-to-left farsi
unicode hebrew arabic right-to-left farsi
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
3,26983955
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
3,26983955
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
3,26983955
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
3,26983955
asked Nov 11 '09 at 9:21
Andrew J. BrehmAndrew J. Brehm
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3,26983955
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Does U+200F "RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK Right-to-left zero-width character" work? There's a few others listed at UAX #9: Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
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I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
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I believe that openoffice allows you to do this (Add the zero-width space) with a SPACE bar + one of the Meta keys. This is certainly the case in Lao and Thai scripts.
answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
macarthymacarthy
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You don't want a u200F. You want u202C The Pop Directional Formatting character.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
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Does U+200F "RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK Right-to-left zero-width character" work? There's a few others listed at UAX #9: Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
add a comment |
Does U+200F "RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK Right-to-left zero-width character" work? There's a few others listed at UAX #9: Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
add a comment |
Does U+200F "RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK Right-to-left zero-width character" work? There's a few others listed at UAX #9: Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
Does U+200F "RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK Right-to-left zero-width character" work? There's a few others listed at UAX #9: Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
answered Nov 11 '09 at 13:13
TRS-80TRS-80
2,80311314
2,80311314
I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
add a comment |
I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
I fear program might just ignore it. It's also difficult to type.
– Andrew J. Brehm
Nov 11 '09 at 16:15
add a comment |
I believe that openoffice allows you to do this (Add the zero-width space) with a SPACE bar + one of the Meta keys. This is certainly the case in Lao and Thai scripts.
answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
macarthymacarthy
10313
add a comment |
I believe that openoffice allows you to do this (Add the zero-width space) with a SPACE bar + one of the Meta keys. This is certainly the case in Lao and Thai scripts.
answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
macarthymacarthy
10313
add a comment |
I believe that openoffice allows you to do this (Add the zero-width space) with a SPACE bar + one of the Meta keys. This is certainly the case in Lao and Thai scripts.
answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
macarthymacarthy
10313
I believe that openoffice allows you to do this (Add the zero-width space) with a SPACE bar + one of the Meta keys. This is certainly the case in Lao and Thai scripts.
answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
macarthymacarthy
10313
answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
macarthymacarthy
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answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
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answered Dec 1 '09 at 5:56
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You don't want a u200F. You want u202C The Pop Directional Formatting character.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
Evan CarrollEvan Carroll
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You don't want a u200F. You want u202C The Pop Directional Formatting character.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
Evan CarrollEvan Carroll
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You don't want a u200F. You want u202C The Pop Directional Formatting character.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
Evan CarrollEvan Carroll
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You don't want a u200F. You want u202C The Pop Directional Formatting character.
answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
Evan CarrollEvan Carroll
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answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
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answered Dec 29 '18 at 22:20
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