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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, stephen@xemacs.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bidirectional text and URLs
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:13:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3oarqlykz.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1XulSX-0006FU-BK@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:05:25 -0500")

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> I have a feeling that the problem that LTR URLs get reordered
> strangely must have presented itself in other software, such as
> browsers.  What do they do about it?

Most browsers do nothing about it -- Firefox, for instance, will just
display the reordered URL, and clicking it will take you to unexpected
places.

While this problem has existed for years, it seems like it's only been
getting attention lately, and perhaps the other browser maintainers are
also scratching their heads about what the right approach to take here
is...

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no



  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-29 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-28  2:51 Bidirectional text and URLs Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-28  3:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-28 14:54   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29  6:09     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-29  8:22       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29 17:05         ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-29 17:13           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2014-11-29 17:49             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-29 17:54               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-29 18:24                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29 18:29                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30  9:38                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-30 15:21                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29 18:18               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29 18:33                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-29 18:47                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29 19:12                     ` Andreas Schwab
2014-11-29 19:31                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-29 19:39                         ` Andreas Schwab
2014-11-29 20:13                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 16:26                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 17:29                   ` Yuri Khan
2014-11-30 17:57                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 18:18                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 17:53                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 18:13                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 19:06                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 19:10                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 20:41                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 19:19                       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 21:05                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 21:36                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01  3:45                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 16:19                             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01 17:39                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 17:49                                 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01 18:22                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 18:28                                     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-02 14:17                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 16:31                                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01 19:15                         ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 19:15                         ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 19:34                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 20:21                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 20:30                               ` David Kastrup
2014-12-01 20:45                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 14:45                                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 14:45                               ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 15:03                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-03  8:39                                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-03 17:39                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-04  9:41                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-05 11:16                                         ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-05 11:28                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-05 22:43                                             ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-05 23:15                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-06 12:06                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-06 12:59                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-05 22:43                                             ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-05 23:17                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-06 12:06                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 14:44                             ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 15:00                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-03  8:39                                 ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-30  9:38               ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-30 15:27                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 10:17                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 16:17                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 14:42                       ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 14:48                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-03  8:38                           ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-03 11:56                             ` Nicolas Richard
2014-12-03 17:12                               ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-03 17:38                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-04 14:30                               ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-04 15:53                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-12-04 17:30                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-04 20:25                                   ` Paul Eggert
2014-12-02 14:42                       ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 14:52                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 18:05                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-03 17:13                             ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-03 18:14                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-05 22:44                                 ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-05 23:19                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-07  9:20                                     ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-07 15:50                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-08  0:26                                         ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-08 15:46                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-03 17:13                           ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-03 17:13                           ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-29 17:14         ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-30 13:42         ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-30 15:36           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 10:18           ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 16:18             ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 18:32               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-12-01 19:12                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 20:08                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-12-01 20:42                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 14:42               ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 14:54                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-03  8:39                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-28 11:19 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-28 13:58   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-28 19:49     ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-28 21:02       ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-29  0:26         ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-28 22:26       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-28 14:24   ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-28 14:57   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29  6:17   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2014-11-28 14:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-28 17:09 ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-28 18:28   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-29 17:03     ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-29 17:06       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30  9:37         ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-30 15:16           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 10:18             ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 16:02               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-28 19:28   ` Andreas Schwab
2014-11-29 17:04     ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-29 17:11       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30  9:38         ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-30 15:20           ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 23:39             ` chad
2014-12-01  3:49               ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01  8:01                 ` chad
2014-12-01 15:58                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-02 14:41                     ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 19:17                   ` Richard Stallman
2014-12-01 10:18             ` Richard Stallman

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