it seems to me everyone would be better served by splitting vim into two: normal vim that goes left to right and arabic vim (viml?) that goes right to left -- both apps would be simpler because they wouldn't have to go both directions.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 9:28 AM Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > The +rightleft feature has not gotten any work done for quite a while. > In the past we would get a bug report once in a while. These days I'm > sure a lot of things have been added that do not work with 'rightleft' > set, and I haven't heard complaints. > > I think 'rightleft' is most useful when working on Hebrew or Arabic > text. Any users around who do that? Is nothing broken? > > The code for rightleft handling is all over the place and makes some > functions quite complex. It would help a lot if we can remove it. > > On the other hand, if someone would want to pick up fixing the > +rightleft feature, the current code is probably a good starting point. > That is why it's left in until now. Even though bi-directional text > handling probably needs to be done differently, using markers in the > text. But that is also very complicated, e.g. what does "d3w" do when > some text is right-to-left? > > Opinions? > > -- > hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: > 219. Your spouse has his or her lawyer deliver the divorce papers... > via e-mail. > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net > \\\ > /// > \\\ > \\\ sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ > /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org > /// > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/20220929142806.C86491C05F2%40moolenaar.net > . > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CALfSX1zkrBMRgnW9x2eiU4wb9vtDHXrp0efZ%2B9wAjy%2BDqL4_dg%40mail.gmail.com.
