Automatically-inserted RTL marker seems to break Basic Checks

Question

In a right-to-left project, if I type a verse range in a footnote, e.g. “1-2”,
Paratext inserts an invisible RTL marker (U+200F) between the ‘1’ and
the ‘-’. As a result, in Run Basic Checks, the Numbers check reports
"Invalid Number 1-2" even though ‘-’ is in both Initial Punctuation and
Medial Punctuation in the Number Settings dialog. What is the right way
to make the Numbers check pass? (I’m using 7.6 for Linux.)

Answer 1

It seems to work fine for my simple test (on Windows, though). Could you post the USFM causing the issue and maybe a screenshot of the Number Settings dialog?

Comments

Thank you for following up.

I have tried to reduce this to the simplest possible case:

• open a right-to-left project
• in Unformatted view, copy-paste this into Paratext: \v 8 س \f + س \f*س
• it should look like this:
  
• place your cursor here:
  
• type: 1-2
  
• save
• confirm that the minus character is listed in both Initial and Medial in Numbers Settings:
  
• select Run Basic Checks > Numbers
• my result:
  
• note that if you place the cursor on the right side of the ‘1’ and press the left arrow key three times, the cursor only appears to move two charcters
• the on-disk .SFM file has a right-to-left mark (U+200F) between the ‘1’ and the ‘-’

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Well, it looks like my simple test put the number inside a \ft which is ignored by the Numbers check (which is why it worked for me). This looks like a glaring omission in the check - it doesn’t handle RTL text correctly. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a workaround, but I’ll write this up. It should be fixed in the next update to Paratext 7.6.

Answer 2

Beautiful. Thank you. Your work is very much appreciated.