--- Simon Tatham wrote:
> Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> > Simon, I just downloaded the "latest development snapshot" PuTTY
> > binary and it looks like its Bidi support is either broken or
> > disabled for some reason
>
> I haven't done anything that _should_ have broken it, so if this is
> true then it's certainly a bug that needs fixing.
OK, then there definitely is a bug that wasn't there before :-)
> > + 2004-12-02:r2941 Works great without issues
> > + 2004-12-19:r5011 Seems to be broken
>
> (Presumably you mean 2004-12-02:r4941 :-)
Yeah sorry - typo.
> > I simply looked at a mixed Arabic/English file and it looks like
> > the Arabic is being rendered properly its just not being flipped
> > so instead of reading HELLO, I'm seeing OLLEH (given caps are Arabic).
>
> I'm afraid I can't reproduce this.
I'm including a couple of temporary screenshots [1][2] to illustrate
the problem. Do please note that there are a plethora of files in
Arabeyes' "translate" arm of its CVS [3]. I randomly selected a
file from Gnome [4] to view/compare.
> I've actually made one pass through the code myself fixing array
> overruns, which could easily be what broke it! :-) More eyes are
> always helpful, though.
Doubtful, but you never know. The problem definitely manifests
itself in lines where Arabic/Latin are mixed.
BTW: my litmus test always includes a careful inspection of this
ever-growing/changing file [5].
[1] http://arabeyes.org/~nadim/pic/putty/putty_good.png
[2] http://arabeyes.org/~nadim/pic/putty/putty_bad.png
[3] http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/translate/
[4] http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/translate/gnome/desktop/yelp.po
[5] http://arabeyes.org/~nadim/ar_utf8
Regards,
- Nadim
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