Re: Arabic in Cocoa. Any Experiences (also Panther)?
Re: Arabic in Cocoa. Any Experiences (also Panther)?
- Subject: Re: Arabic in Cocoa. Any Experiences (also Panther)?
- From: Bernd Carl <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:47:51 +0200
Am Montag den, 25. August 2003, um 20:07, schrieb Douglas Davidson:
On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 10:38 AM, Greg Titus wrote:
I don't actually know Arabic, or any other right-to-left language, but
it _appears_ to work just great if you just use the built-in
NSTextView class. Try switching to an Arabic or Hebrew input method
and typing in TextEdit, for instance.
We support bidi text In OmniGraffle -- you can use the text tool with
the Arabic input method and type right-to-left onto the canvas. All we
had to do was use an NSTextView for input, and customize our routines
for growing the text as you type so that it checks the NSLayoutManager
for its "NSGlyphAttributeBidiLevel" in order to grow in the right
direction. If you have fixed size text areas, you wouldn't have to do
anything special at all.
The thing is when I saw some neighbours Panther installation I tried the
TextEdit thing. It wouldn4t work for me. It4s not like in KDE with
_real_ bidi support. I don4t mind Apple not having it yet, but if I
start working on it I want it doing what it4s supposed to do. Just like
typing English.
The basic functionality is present, but an Arabic or Hebrew user would
encounter some glitches, especially in the areas of selection and
cursor movement. We are working on these issues.
Sounds good, can I expect it in Panther? This is more or less a "am I
sticking to 10.1" question :-)
Bernd.
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