Re: Caret

It is desirable yes, but not always possible to show the two positions.
That's where I proposed the dual view mode. And only in the cases where it
is relevant to show both positions : where there's a RTL-to-LTR or
LTR-to-RTL transition in the UBA-resolved direction. Nowhere else it is
needed.

Also temporary highlighting is definitely not a correct solution: you
cannot make the distinction with an actual text selection between two
logical positions, where there is only one logical position here.

2012/11/15 Eli Zaretskii <eliz_at_gnu.org>

> > From: Philippe Verdy <verdy_p_at_wanadoo.fr>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:03:14 +0100
> > Cc: Martin Dürst <duerst_at_it.aoyama.ac.jp>,
> > Jeff Senn <senn_at_maya.com>, Unicode Mailing List <
> unicode_at_unicode.org>
> >
> > Highlighted selection is less a problem because this involves separate
> > actions to mark the start and end of selection. And an explicit move
> action
> > or separate clicks : the user chose himself to perform those actions and
> > knows where he comes from and where he is going to.
>
> True, but not necessarily relevant. The common part is that in both
> these situations it is desirable to show the entire range of
> characters between 2 positions.
>
> > In addition the selction is marked as a whole, and is not just two
> > tiny positions.
>
> Which might actually suggest a solution: temporarily highlight the
> characters in between.
>
Received on Thu Nov 15 2012 - 12:19:45 CST