this set of constants describes different writing directions More...

Variables
const short	LR_TB = 0
	text within lines is written left-to-right. More...

const short	RL_TB = 1
	text within a line are written right-to-left. More...

const short	TB_RL = 2
	text within a line is written top-to-bottom. More...

const short	TB_LR = 3
	text within a line is written top-to-bottom. More...

const short	PAGE = 4
	obtain writing mode from the current page. More...

const short	CONTEXT = 4
	obtain actual writing mode from the context of the object. More...

const short	BT_LR = 5
	text within a line is written bottom-to-top. More...

Detailed Description

this set of constants describes different writing directions

In addition to numerous explicit writing directions, it allows to specify to take the writing direction from the object's context.

Variable Documentation

const short BT_LR = 5

text within a line is written bottom-to-top.

Lines and blocks are placed left-to-right.

const short CONTEXT = 4

obtain actual writing mode from the context of the object.

const short LR_TB = 0

text within lines is written left-to-right.

Lines and blocks are placed top-to-bottom.

Typically, this is the writing mode for normal "alphabetic" text.

const short PAGE = 4

obtain writing mode from the current page.

May not be used in page styles.

const short RL_TB = 1

text within a line are written right-to-left.

Lines and blocks are placed top-to-bottom.

Typically, this writing mode is used in Arabic and Hebrew text.

const short TB_LR = 3

text within a line is written top-to-bottom.

Lines and blocks are placed left-to-right.

Typically, this writing mode is used in Mongolian text.

const short TB_RL = 2

text within a line is written top-to-bottom.

Lines and blocks are placed right-to-left.

Typically, this writing mode is used in Chinese and Japanese text.