Re: [platform-swt-dev] BIDI support in SWT

[Knut Radloff <knut_radloff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

*Improved* support for right-to-left languages was deferred in 2.1 and is 
on the current plan. Namely right orientation for bidi languages is 
currently being worked on. The StyledText widget supports right-to-left 
scripts for Arabic and Hebrew in Eclipse 2.1. We just released support for 
right-to-left widget orientation (RtoL writing order, RIGHT_TO_LEFT 
creation style).
If you experience problems with the current level of Arabic script support 
in StyledText please enter bugs in bugzilla with detailed information on 
how to reproduce the problem. There are a few known problems with the 
current StyledText bidi support. You can find these if you query bugs in 
Platform SWT that have styledtext in the summary. We are not aware of any 
serious problems.
I don't know if there are concrete plans for supporting bidi scripts on 
other platforms.

Knut




"Rodolfo M. Raya" <rodolfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi,

I would like to know the plans for implementing full support of BIDI 
locales.

Current Eclipse Project DRAFT 2,2 Plan states that support for 
right-to-left languages is a 2.1 deferred item. Will this be completed in 
2.2?

Also, are there any plans to support BIDI locales in platforms other than 
Win32?

I must support users that write in Arabic and current version of 
StyledText (Integration Build 20030520) still exhibits severe problems 
that renders the widget unusable.

Any news regarding the above issues will be highly appreciated, as I must 
decide what to do: wait until SWT supports BIDI or rewrite our tools using 
another framework.

Thanks and regards,
Rodolfo
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Rodolfo M. Raya <rodolfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Heartsome Holdings Pte. Ltd.