natalia Vikhtinskaya wrote: > Thank you very much for this information. Can you tell more how Hebrew > text managed in Flash in Israel now? Maybe there is a code that > reverse all text? I tried to do that but without a success.
Frankly, most software used in Israel these days is in English. Understand that Hebrew as an everyday language is a relatively recent revival--up until a few decades ago, it was the language of the Sacred texts, and used for worship, much as Latin was for the Roman Catholic church. In reality, Jews come from all over the world, and speak dozens of languages. There are even Chinese Jews--they live in China, look Chinese, but wear the yarmulke and study the Torah, and have for dozens of generations. Back to the software, no, there is not a code to reverse the text. In fact, Hebrew is not strictly right-to-left. It's what we call bi-directional, or bi-di in the localization world. Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, and probably some other languages fall into this category. Native text is written rtl, but quotes from other languages, and often foreign names, are written ltr. Numerals, I believe, are also written ltr, which makes for some interesting programming when you're trying to decide if a "." is a period or a decimal point. You can jury-rig Flash to display Hebrew (or Arabic, or Farsi), but it takes some work. As I mentioned, there is an Israeli woman who has done this--she's on this list, in fact--so I know it can be done. But I believe she had to break her text up into multiple text fields, and perhaps used a special font. It also helps to be brilliant as she is, but hard work is more the key. Or, wait for F10, which will support bi-di. I think it's in beta, so it can't be far off. Cordially, Kerry Thompson _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
