User talk:Smalljim/sandbox

There is a problem with numbers after arabic characters. Discovered in this article:

Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa ( Arabic: سرالختم الخليفة الحس (1234-February 56, 7890) was famous for his great legacy in education and founding prints in Sudan.

The fix is to add the bdo template. Thanks to cesarb in Village pump/Technical

which gives this لخل test

but it must have a space after the arabic, else:

this still happens لخل test

It's a weird bug though - only happens with numerals; a single letter between will cure it

like this لخل x123 456 789 test,

but punctuation, brackets etc won't:

see for example لخل ;'#[]/.>123 456 789, test

and adding a non-breaking space will cause it to render ok in the editor, but still display wrongly

like this لخل 123 456 789 test

Smalljim 08:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Another (supposed better) fix is to paste a nonprinting LRM character which is a non-displaying character with strong left-to-right type (where does one find one?), or add &amp;lrm; before the numerals. (VP/tech, reply by Tim Starling.)

سل&lrm;123 456 789 test

Have to ensure you paste the arabic between some existing spaces to be able to "get to" the space on the line after the arabic, though... Smalljim 11:21, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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