Re: \framed (and others) don't honor directional switches

["Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>]

On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:08:48 -0600, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> you can comment this in cont-new.mkiv
>  % \def\pagedir{\expandafter\gobblethreearguments}
> % \def\bodydir{\expandafter\gobblethreearguments}
>  i'm trying to figure out what dirs make sense (even when all are  
> enabled the alignment is no 100% ok; for instance, why should bodydir  
> influence textdir and pardir (i.e. when i would expect the content to be  
> rl independent of page/bodydir
>  (we need some higher level interface and not these low level *dir  
> commands)

Indeed. We may also need Taco's help; he's about the only one I know who  
precisely understands the distinction between \pardir and \bodydir. I did  
some extensive testing on this nearly two years ago and could hardly make  
sense of it. The user should never have to touch \pardir or \bodydir and  
we need a higher level command. Not sure if the same will work at the  
macro level.

I'll search for Taco's old detailed explanations of these two and forward  
them to you and Khalid.

Best wishes
Idris

-- 
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shi`i Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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