[haiku-development] Re: Right-to-Left text and BiDi

  • From: "X512" <danger_mail@xxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:48:14 +0400

On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:30:01 +0200, zalit@xxxxxxx wrote:
> This leads to the crucial question: is the Qt port for Haiku good 
> enough 
> to be used for production? (at least as far as text rendering and 
> editing is concerned)
Mostly yes. It is working almost good, but some programs crash 
sometimes.

> Also, what programming languages in Haiku already have (working) Qt 
> bindings?
I saw working pascal binding. You can try to build others.

> does the Qt-based Nagaina text engine support 
> bidirectionality, i.e. RTL and LTR text on the *same* line? (The 
> screenshot only shows Arabic text)
Yes. I tested input on one program. I don't understand arabic, but I 
see that arabic text are layouted right-to-left and numbers are 
layouted left-to-right.

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