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Editorial: clarify when/how 'auto' is applied #926

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<li>If the <a>base direction</a> is <a>ltr</a> or <a>rtl</a>, the
user agent MUST override Rule P3 of [[BIDI]], setting the paragraph
embedding level to 0 if the <a>base direction</a> is <a>ltr</a>, or 1
if the <a>base direction</a> is <a>rtl</a>.
user agent MUST override <a data-cite="bidi#P3">Rule P3</a> of
[[BIDI]], setting the paragraph embedding level to 0 if the <a>base
direction</a> is <a>ltr</a>, or 1 if the <a>base direction</a> is <a>
rtl</a>.
</li>
<li>Otherwise it's <a>auto</a>, in which case the user agent MUST
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Why don't we just make this even more clear... if it's "auto" -> just do P1?

behave as if the member is in a left-to-right embedding [[BIDI]] if
the <a>base direction</a> is <a>ltr</a>, or a right-to-left embedding
if the <a>base direction</a> is <a>rtl</a> (as per <a data-cite=
"bidi#The_Paragraph_Level">The Paragraph Level</a>).
"bidi#P1">Rule P1</a>).
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</ol>
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