[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 152549] Line numbering horizontal placement options missing Start and End for better RTL support

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152549

--- Comment #4 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1 at gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Regina Henschel from comment #3)
> "left" and "right" makes no sense for traditional east Asian top-to-bottom
> writing mode, because lines are arranged from right to left, but "start" and
> "end" makes sense for that writing mode. 

Hmm. Right. But - they still make sense for both LTR, RTL, and mixed RTL-LTR
documents.

> A larger problem in line numbering dialog are the settings "inner" and
> "outer". The wording "inner" and "outer" do not describe a physical position
> but a position relative to the binding edge, and that depends on the writing
> mode.

Also possibly relevant, for sure.

> Currently "inner" and "outer" are exchanged for RTL.
> And "inner" and "outer" makes no sense for traditional east Asian
> top-to-bottom writing mode, because the binding edge is neither at start nor
> at end of a line.

Well... pages could be bound at the top or the bottom, at least in principle.
But AFAICT we don't support this.

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