Roozbeh Pournader writes:
> You're right, but I wonder about many bidi aspects. How should cut and
> paste operate in X applications? E.g., let's think that I have two
> bidi-aware applications, running in two Xterms. When I paste some Arabic
> text from one into another, should the second one apply "Reverse Bidi
> Algorithm" and "Reverse Glyph Shaping"? But they're not one-to-one :(
In the JDK 1.3 text widget, the text you grab is always in logical
order. Which means that if there is a direction turn in your
selection, the highlighted/inverted area on the screen will consist of
two (or even three) disjoint areas. It makes a lot of sense, I think.
Bruno
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