Elaine... Quick reply, sorry. I should be more verbose, but I hope
others can chime in.
> Is Unicode's so-called "bidi algorithm" really bidirectional, that is,
> does it govern horizontal text layout in right-to-left and left-to-
>right languages?
Yes.
> Or is "bidi" a metaphor here, for more possible text orientations,
No.
It only deals with LR and RL. It is a model, however, for the kinds of
issues that will be involved in vertical writing when someone takes up
that problem.
Rick
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