Re: [OT?] Visual vs. logical order editing (was RE: Thia for Tamil

Marco Cimarosti scripsit:

> Logical-order input only needs one function to generate a "visual store"
> from a "back store" (i.e., to turn logical into visual order). Visual-order
> input needs that function as well (to initialize the display at the
> beginning of editing) but also needs the reverse function, to generate a
> "back store" from a "visual store" (i.e., to turn visual into logical
> order), and that's why visual order is more complicated.

In fact both methods generally need both functions, in order to determine
what's being clicked on correctly.

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