What can I do about a counter being incremented Incorrectly due to bidirectional text?

Questions
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1

Hi,

I have defined the following function

#let c = counter("c")

#let rr(
  coun
) = {
  coun.step()
  context coun.display()
}

The code

Hello
#rr(c) 
#rr(c)

Works as expected and outputs “Hello 1 2”. The code

שלום
#rr(c)
#rr(c)

Outputs “שלום 0 1”, while the code

שלום
#rr(c)

#rr(c)

produces “שלום 0 2”.

I think the problem might be related to the fact that because of the change of direction, the counter is not incremented at the right time, but I can’t find a workaround. What can I do?

2

I have not much experience with RTL scripts but maybe inserting a Unicode Left-To-Right mark gets you closer to the desired result:

#let rr(
  coun
) = {
  coun.step()
  [\u{200E}]
  context coun.display()
}
3

Thanks for the response, but I have tried that already, and it doesn’t affect the output at all