Text Direction

The direction of writing, essential for retrograde (right-to-left) or boustrophedon (alternating) inscriptions.

Syntax

A hyphen - followed by the greater-than sign > for the rightward arrow, or a hyphen - preceded by the less-than sign < for the leftward arrow, enclosed within the dollar-sign wrapper $…$ .

Overview

Notation	Conceptual AST	Paper Output
$->$	`Direction(LeftToRight)`	`→`

Examples

Notation	Paper Output
`$->$ abc /`	abc
`$<-$ 𐭠𐭡𐭢 /`	𐭠𐭡𐭢

EpiDoc Outputs

Notation	EpiDoc (XML)
`$->$ abc /`	`<ab> <lb style="text-direction:l-to-r"/> abc</ab>`
`$<-$ 𐭠𐭡𐭢 /`	`<ab> <lb style="text-direction:r-to-l"/> 𐭠𐭡𐭢</ab>`

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

Notation	AST
`$->$ abc /`	`Direction(→) WS Plain("abc") LineBreak`
`$<-$ 𐭠𐭡𐭢 /`	`Direction(←) WS Plain("𐭠𐭡𐭢") LineBreak`