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[Dotan Cohen]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 07:53, Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz> wrote:
> I should point out that the document is somewhat out of date, as we are
> quickly approaching a keyboard layout that:
>
> 1. Will be standard
> and
> 2. Will have all of the keys that lyx has.
>

How does an upcoming standard make the page somewhat out of date?

> Having said that, it will not have LRE/RLE/PDF (nor LRO and RLO, for
> that matter). This is not an accidental omission. These keys change the
> appearance of the paragraph they are typed into so violently that even
> people very versed in the UBA tend to lose the spot the corresponding
> PDF should go.
>

At least the LRM and RLM are there. There are some issues with the new
keyboard layout:
1) The lack of LRE/RLE/PDF. What is violent about the change of
appearance? Like any other tool, if one understands how to use it then
it works. If not then you'll get unexpected results. Just because some
people don't know how to use it doesn't mean that the tool should
simply cease to be available.
2) Four levels of keys? That is torture to type on. Emacs users, let me guess.

Don't get me wrong, there are some great things about the new layout.
The placement of the Shin dots, for example. But it looks to be
painful to type on and limiting. The Lyx layout is a breeze to type
on.
זֶה לֹא דוֹרֶש שוּם מַאֲמָץ.‏
The only keys that I used there were the alphanumerics and Shift. It's
as simple as typing English, no triple whamies or whatever the Emacs
crowd calls their nose-finger.

Furthermore, the LRE and RLE are extremely useful for typing email.
There is no other way to ensure that the recipient will display the
message correctly. I don't even use the PDF symbol, just RLE before
RTL sections and if there is an LTR section then I start it with an
LRE and begin the next RTL section with an RLE.


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Dotan Cohen

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