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| + | =1. Introduction= | ||
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| + | This document intends to trace the guidelines of a User Interface (in short: UI) for editing bidirectional (in short: Bidi) text. It is assumed that the user enters text in logical sequence, and that the Unicode Bidi Algorithm (in short: UBA) is used to reorder the text for presentation. We assume that the readers of this document have a working knowledge of the UBA. The UBA is described in Unicode Technical Report 9 (see http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr9). | ||
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| + | When designing these guidelines, the following objectives were set, in order of decreasing priority: | ||
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| + | # Prevent actions unexpected by the user, particularly when the action is destructive (erases one or more characters). | ||
| + | # Make the interface efficient. | ||
| + | # Keep the interface easy to implement. | ||
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1. Introduction
This document intends to trace the guidelines of a User Interface (in short: UI) for editing bidirectional (in short: Bidi) text. It is assumed that the user enters text in logical sequence, and that the Unicode Bidi Algorithm (in short: UBA) is used to reorder the text for presentation. We assume that the readers of this document have a working knowledge of the UBA. The UBA is described in Unicode Technical Report 9 (see http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr9).
When designing these guidelines, the following objectives were set, in order of decreasing priority:
- Prevent actions unexpected by the user, particularly when the action is destructive (erases one or more characters).
- Make the interface efficient.
- Keep the interface easy to implement.
