Notepad++ claims to support Arabic fonts, Hebrew fonts and RTL features.
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/commun/screenshots/scrsh_underArabicWin.gif
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/commun/screenshots/scrsh_underHebrewWin.gif
Does this "bidi" mean "RTL" or "mirror"?
My name is Idris Samawi Hamid; I'm a professor at Colorado State
University,
USA. The only coding I do is TeX/ConTeXt (usually at a medium to high
level),
but an excellent editor like Scite is just as important as if I were a
developer.
The reason I am writing is to ask about the possibilities for adding bidi
support to Scintilla. My research involves development of Arabic-script
typesetting for TeX (particularly ConTeXt). The one thing I am sorely
missing
is a TeX-friendly Unicode editor with real bidi support. I am meeting with
our
university grants specialist this week to prepare a number of proposals to
get
funding so that I can pay/support someone to add Arabic/bidi support to
one of
the open source editors out there. Since Hans Hagen (of ConTeXt) uses
Scite,
and since Scite already has some (admittedly very limited) support for
Arabic-script, perhaps Scintilla and Scite will be good targets for this
grant
proposal.
I saw on a Scite list archive that you have stated
that there are no present plans to add bidi support either. Questions:
1. If I were able to secure some research or other funding for a qualified
developer to work on this, would you accept such a contribution back into
Scintilla?
2. What are the necessary and sufficient conditions that a developer needs
to
meet in order to make an effective contribution that is accepted as part
of
the main project?
3. How much money should I apply for and what will it take to implement a
bidi
algorithm into Scintilla? What is the minimum it would take to make a dent
into this?
4. Would it be appropriate to forward this grant possibility to the
scintilla
interest list? [if so, feel free to do so-)]
[ elided as may be private -- Neil ]
FYI: There is one and only one editor that truly supports both Arabic and
bidi
the way it should be done and that's SC Unipad
http://www.unipad.org/main/
Basically I would like to see at least the Arabic and bidi features of
unipad
integrated into a Scintilla or editing solution that is
TeX-friendly and cross-platform (like Scite).
IMPORTANT: For this to work, an augmented Arabic unicode font will be
needed.
As a font developer I can provide that and help with testing etc. Right
now
there is only one editor-worthy Arabic font and, again, that comes with
unipad. But it's a proprietary bitmap font so a free implementation will
have
to be done
I look forward to your response.
Best
Idris
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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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