https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99583
Bug ID: 99583
Summary: Increased Text Flow Options Providing Multicultural
Support
Product: LibreOffice
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: UI
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
There are alphabets, abjads, syllaberies, etc., such as the Phags-pa,
Mongolian, Chinese, Korean, and hieroglyphic systems which do not have to use
or simply do not use the traditional left to right or right to left text flow.
One such can be found at the following: http://www.mongolfont.com/ . If the
text flow could be set to various directions (R to L, L to R, T to B, B to T)
this would make the use of traditional languages, either as subjects of study
or attempting to hold their own in the face of extinction in an era where
technology is not produced for their needs, accessible in the modern world.
Of these languages, modernizing to include Mayan might be the hardest as it
operates in pictographic syllables arranged in pairs running from top to
bottom. It would be like allowing two Kanji/Hanja/Chinese Characters on a row
writing down the column.
I cannot code. I study linquistics, history, culture, etc. Programming is not
only beyond me, but the last language that made any sense to me was GFA basic
decades ago. However, as a philosopher and student of history it is my hope
that this change will be important to you since it will provide access to those
human expressions struggling to stave off extinction or find a place in the
modern world.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Kenneth W. Slayor
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