Re: Fwd: [ xchat-Bugs-956606 ] LANGUAGE=ar xchat bug

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at cs dot toronto dot edu>]

So how does gedit behave?  Does gedit autodetect paragraph
direction on your machine?  Of course not.  They all have the
same bug.


On Sat, 22 May 2004, Munzir Taha wrote:

> On Wednesday 19 May 2004 07:23 pm, ahmad khalifa wrote:
> > >From: Munzir Taha <munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa>
> > >
> > > > > please help by suggestions on this bug.
> > > > > It seems to be very simple but you decide.
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> > > > >
> > > > > Subject: [ xchat-Bugs-956606 ] LANGUAGE=ar xchat bug
> > > > > Date: Wednesday 19 May 2004 09:37 am
> > > > > From: "SourceForge.net" <noreply at sourceforge dot net>
> > > > > To: noreply at sourceforge dot net
> > > > >
> > > > > Bugs item #956606, was opened at 2004-05-19 09:51
> > > > > Message generated for change (Comment added) made by zed
> > > > > You can respond by visiting:
> > >
> > >https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100239&aid=956606&group
> > >
> > > > >_id= 239
> > > > >
> > > > > Category: None
> > > > > Group: None
> > > > > Status: Open
> > > > > Resolution: None
> > > > > Priority: 5
> > > > > Submitted By: Munzir Taha (munzirtaha)
> > > > > Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
> > > > > Summary: LANGUAGE=ar xchat bug
> > > > >
> > > > > Initial Comment:
> > > > > If the LANGUAGE variable is set to ar (Arabic), the direction
> > > > > of the English text typed would be left to right (LTR) which
> > > > > would cause readability issues and display problems e.g.
> > > > > typing:
> > > > >
> > > > > /help will aappear as help/
> > > > > hi ;) will appear as (; hi
> > > > > /join # will appear as # join/
> >
> > a better explanation to the bug is that, the bidi implementation (done
> > by GTK/Pango as behdad noted) sets the paragraph level to '1' (odd)
>
> GTK/Pango which is used in most gnome apps doesn't do this.
>
> > this is not XCHAT specific i think..
>
> It's an Xchat only issue.
>
> > the solution for this problem is that the BIDI implementation needs to
> > set the paragraph level according to how the Bidi Algorithm says it
> > should be, which is look for the first strong char, and set accordingly.
> >
> > a quick look at XCHAT's code or a post to their list, would reveal the
> > Bidi engine.
>
> Other than this you seems right. Just if it's a GTK/Pango why isn't it
> available in other apps? If it's not, then what?
>
>

--behdad
  behdad.org