Re: Jumping Cursor. Was: Right-to-Left Punctuation Problem

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Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> Gregg Reynolds wrote:
>
>> I can't even count the times I've just given up because *I couldn't
>> even edit* monolingual Arabic text because of MS Word's bizarro
>> behaviour with parens, punctuation, etc. After ten minutes of trying
>> to get it to behave in some semblance of a reasonable manner, I just
>> end up deleting and starting over. It is very clear to me that the
>> only reason anybody uses such software is because they have no other
>> choice, not because they are satisfied with it.
>>
> Then fix the software. Unicode ain't broke (here). Fix what is.
>
> ~mark
>
Ok. This weekend I'll fix Word. Just as soon as I'm finished with
world hunger and the AIDS epidemic. And those pesky windows on the
Sears Tower.

-g

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