Re: boustrophedon

From: Michael Everson ([email protected])
Date: Wed Nov 05 1997 - 09:51:08 EST

Next message: Michael Everson: "Re: Mayan"
Previous message: Eric Brunner: "Re: Mayan, Rongo-Rongo (was Re: Etruscan)"
Maybe in reply to: Chester, Bernard: "boustrophedon"
Next in thread: Martin J. D�rst: "Re: boustrophedon"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Mail actions: [ respond to this message ] [ mail a new topic ]

Ar 14:09 -0800 1997-11-04, scr�obh John H. Jenkins:
>On 11/4/97 11:48 AM, Chester, Bernard ([email protected]) wrote:
>
>>3. How do we designate "boustrophedon" as a directionality? Is it
>>implicit in the codepoint? Must we format each line in advance with its
>>directionality?
>
>IMHO there's no reason to indicate boustrophedon in plain text. In that
>case, the answer to this question is, "We don't."

For the practical use of modern users this is quite likely very sensible.
How many Greeks can read texts in boustrophedon? I am sure they universally
prefer to have it rectified.

--
Michael Everson, EGT * http://www.indigo.ie/egt
15 Port Chaeimhghein �ochtarach; Baile �tha Cliath 2; �ire (Ireland)
Guth�in:  +353 1 478-2597, +353 1 283-9396
27 P�irc an Fh�ithlinn; Baile an Bh�thair; Co. �tha Cliath; �ire

Next message: Michael Everson: "Re: Mayan"
Previous message: Eric Brunner: "Re: Mayan, Rongo-Rongo (was Re: Etruscan)"
Maybe in reply to: Chester, Bernard: "boustrophedon"
Next in thread: Martin J. D�rst: "Re: boustrophedon"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] [ attachment ]
Mail actions: [ respond to this message ] [ mail a new topic ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Tue Jul 10 2001 - 17:20:37 EDT