Re: Position of "latin" items in lists in RTL-locale contexts

["mousavi arash gmail com" <mousavi arash gmail com>]

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Marcus Lundblad <ml update uu se> wrote:
> I guess this could be achieved by inserting Unicode directional
> override characters in the beginning of the string and at each breaking
> arrow to get the right rendering direction.
>
> Does this make sense to someone knowledgeable in RTL writing systems?

Hi Marcus,

I just checked and putting a RLM[1] character when both or one of the
places are written with RTL characters works fine. However when both
are in latin, the arrow looks reverse since the direction is actually
not changed. So my suggestion is to use the ltr arrow when both places
are in latin and rtl when one of them are in RTL. Other solution would
be to place each part separately and force their direction. Something
like <span> and float in HTML and CSS, so each place and the arrow
would be in their own container and you don't rely on the free text
and RLM character.

Best Wishes,
Arash

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-left_mark