Our standard line on this issue:

AbiWord is Open Source.  We'd like to support right-to-left writing
systems (like Hebrew), but we're probably going to need help from
someone in the community in order to get it done.

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On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 07:58:48PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
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> I was wondering if it is possible/likely/any chance of adding support
> for righting right to left languages, for all those out there writing
> documents in the wrong direction (as there is no
> non-comercial/obtainable word processor out there for linux right now
> that can manage that).
> Just a thought.
> Thanx

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