Tag(s): qa-bidi-controls

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How to use Unicode controls for bidi text
see the changes on github

Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support
see changes on github

CSS vs. markup for bidi support
see changes on github

Changes include the following:

* added a quick answer
* removed background sections now that we have other articles that deal with that information (pointed to those)
* clarified the distinction between structural/block markup and inline markup wrt control character usage in a new section
* expanded the section on inline issues to take into account HTML5-related developments
* introduced concept of isolation, including RLI/LRI/FSI/PDI
* removed out of date references and quotations
* introduced the concept of tightly-wrapping all opposite-direction phrases from the HTML article
* basically rewrote everything to make it cleaner, clearer and more snappy
* replaced outdated spec links and quotes
* added reference to polyglot
* pointed to the HTML5 rendering section rather than providing a CSS template (which was out of date) in the document

Personennamen aus aller Welt (Personal names around the world)

Angabe der Sprache in HTML (Declaring language in HTML)

Stylen anhand von Sprachattributen (Styling using language attributes)

Kennzeichnung der Sprache von Linkzielen (Indicating the language of a link destination)

Warum man Sprachattribute verwenden sollte (Why use the language attribute?)

Unicode-Steuerzeichen vs. Markup für bidirektionalen Text (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

Verwendung von Unicode-Steuerzeichen für bidirektionalen Text (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)

HTML-Seiten in arabischer, hebräischer und anderen von rechts nach links geschriebenen Schriften erstellen (Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts)

Umgang mit Sprachangaben in HTML (Working with language in HTML)

These articles were translated into German thanks to Gunnar Bittersmann.

Ukrainian:

Пропажа пробілів Bidi (Bidi space loss)

Використання Керуючих символів Unicode для bidi тексту (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)

Направлення скрипту і мов (Script direction and languages)

CSS чи розмітка для підтримки bidi (CSS vs. markup for bidi support)

Керуючі символи Unicode чи розмітка для підтримки bidi (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

Russian:

Пропажа пробелов Bidi (Bidi space loss)

Использование Управляющих символов Unicode для bidi текста (Using Unicode controls for bidi text)

Направления скрипта и языков (Script direction and languages)

CSS или разметка для поддержки bidi (CSS vs. markup for bidi support)

Управляющие символы Unicode или разметка для поддержки bidi (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

These articles were translated thanks to Alexandr Shlapak.

Controlere Unicode vs. marcare pentru sprijinul bidi (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

Dimensiunea textului in traduceri (Text size in translation)

O introducere in Adresele Web Multilingve (An Introduction to Multilingual Web Addresses)

These articles were translated into Romanian thanks to Costea Marian.

Thanks to the Spanish Translation Team, Spanish Translation US, the following articles have been translated into Spanish.

Creación de páginas HTML en árabe, hebreo y otros sistemas de escritura de derecha a izquierda (Creating HTML Pages in Arabic, Hebrew and Other Right-to-left Scripts)
Qué debe conocer acerca del algoritmo bidi y las etiquetas en línea (What you need to know about the bidi algorithm and inline markup)
Caracteres de control Unicode en contraposición a las etiquetas para compatibilidad bidi (Unicode controls vs. markup for bidi support)

This article was updated substantially to cover XML as well as (X)HTML and provide additional details.

Read the article

FAQ-based article: To correctly format bidi text in XHTML or HTML pages, should I use Unicode control codes or markup?

By Richard Ishida, W3C.