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<p>Richard,</p>
<p>"x()y"</p>
<p>More specifically, with an explicit LTR paragraph direction:</p>
<p>Trace: Entering br_Check<br>
Current State: 20<br>
Text: 0078 0028 0029 0079<br>
Bidi_Class: L L L L<br>
Levels: <b>0 0 0 0</b><br>
Exp Levels: 0 0 0 0<br>
Runs: <L---------------L><br>
<br>
Order: [0 1 2 3]<br>
Exp Order: [0 1 2 3]</p>
<p>I.e. "x()y"<br>
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<p>With an explicit RTL paragraph direction:</p>
<p>Trace: Entering br_Check<br>
Current State: 20<br>
Text: 0078 0028 0029 0079<br>
Bidi_Class: L L L L<br>
Levels: <b>2 2 2 2</b><br>
Exp Levels: 2 2 2 2<br>
Runs: <R---------------R><br>
<br>
Order: [0 1 2 3]<br>
Exp Order: [0 1 2 3]</p>
<p>I.e. "x()y". Note that the paragraph embedding level is 1, and
the resolved levels are 2 (instead of 0), but the resolved display
order of the string is identical in both cases.<br>
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<p>--Ken<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/28/2022 1:09 PM, Richard
Wordingham via Unicode wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">At a right-to-left embedding level, in the absence of directional
overrides, should the 4-character ASCII substring "x()y" render like
"x()y" or like "y()x"?
Richard.
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