Thanks for the explanation Asmus.
tex
Asmus Freytag wrote:
>
> At 02:33 PM 12/30/01 -0500, Tex Texin wrote:
> >It is a bit inconsistent and therefore confusing.
> >
> >I searched for "bidirectional" which immediately pointed me at the
> >general punctuation pages in a pdf file.
> >Searching for "bidrectional" in that file turns up empty.
>
> This is one of the few cases of an index entry that has no corresponding
> line in the nameslist file. Usually the index entry is derived directly
> from the character names and aliases, or the text of the block names and
> sub headers. That's the reason you couldn't find "bidirectional" in the pdf
> file. The subheaderin this case is just "Formatting characters" and that's
> not very specific.
>
> >If you search
> >for left-to-right, right-to-left, override, or embed, there you do get
> >to the characters. However a saving grace is that when you are first
> >pointed at the general punctuation file, the character code 202A is
> >mentioned, so if you notice that you can go right to the character
> >range.
>
> I'll make sure that is clearly worded in the instructions.
>
> >Maybe the initial index needs to be more comprehensive. It is usually a
> >difficult task for any large book to get right. However, tracking the
> >web queries might help improve it over time...
>
> The problem you encountered was one where the index is already more
> comprehensive and detailed than the nameslist. ;-)
>
> One could monkey with the nameslist, adding the subheader for the
> bidirectional controls, but then we would pick up a number of one-character
> ranges with subheaders, which becomes awkward in itself.
>
> A./
>
> PS: I'm in the process of updating the HTML files for the index to match
> the contents of the Index-3.2.0dnn.txt file in the BETA directory. That
> file covers the new 3.2 character names etc. but does not pick up new or
> revised aliases and subheaders in the existing repertoire...
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