Whether/when to mirror operators
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Description
(This is part of the I18n WG review.)
According to Arabic mathematical notation (the W3C Note from 2006), certain operators are mirrored in right-to-left formulas. But not all operators have mirrored versions in Unicode. For those operators, Firefox appears to make its own, while Chromium and Safari use the non-mirrored glyphs.
The MathML Core spec doesn't say which is correct, or if both are correct. It probably should.
(Firefox's rendering looks better, and more closely matches the Note, even if the naively mirrored glyphs are not quite as good as the redesigned glyphs that the Note calls for.)
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Research direction
Read the MathML Core specification alongside the linked W3C Arabic mathematical notation note. Compare the stated behavior with the Firefox, Chromium, and Safari rendering described in the issue, then determine what normative guidance is needed for operators without Unicode mirrored glyphs. Done means the specification clearly resolves whether and when such operators should be mirrored.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation, internationalization
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100