So how does gedit behave? Does gedit autodetect paragraph direction on your machine? Of course not. They all have the same bug.
On Sat, 22 May 2004, Munzir Taha wrote: > On Wednesday 19 May 2004 07:23 pm, ahmad khalifa wrote: > > >From: Munzir Taha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > please help by suggestions on this bug. > > > > > It seems to be very simple but you decide. > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [ xchat-Bugs-956606 ] LANGUAGE=ar xchat bug > > > > > Date: Wednesday 19 May 2004 09:37 am > > > > > From: "SourceForge.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > Bugs item #956606, was opened at 2004-05-19 09:51 > > > > > Message generated for change (Comment added) made by zed > > > > > You can respond by visiting: > > > > > >https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100239&aid=956606&group > > > > > > > >_id= 239 > > > > > > > > > > Category: None > > > > > Group: None > > > > > Status: Open > > > > > Resolution: None > > > > > Priority: 5 > > > > > Submitted By: Munzir Taha (munzirtaha) > > > > > Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) > > > > > Summary: LANGUAGE=ar xchat bug > > > > > > > > > > Initial Comment: > > > > > If the LANGUAGE variable is set to ar (Arabic), the direction > > > > > of the English text typed would be left to right (LTR) which > > > > > would cause readability issues and display problems e.g. > > > > > typing: > > > > > > > > > > /help will aappear as help/ > > > > > hi ;) will appear as (; hi > > > > > /join # will appear as # join/ > > > > a better explanation to the bug is that, the bidi implementation (done > > by GTK/Pango as behdad noted) sets the paragraph level to '1' (odd) > > GTK/Pango which is used in most gnome apps doesn't do this. > > > this is not XCHAT specific i think.. > > It's an Xchat only issue. > > > the solution for this problem is that the BIDI implementation needs to > > set the paragraph level according to how the Bidi Algorithm says it > > should be, which is look for the first strong char, and set accordingly. > > > > a quick look at XCHAT's code or a post to their list, would reveal the > > Bidi engine. > > Other than this you seems right. Just if it's a GTK/Pango why isn't it > available in other apps? If it's not, then what? > > --behdad behdad.org _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
