[openbeos] Re: StyledEdit and character set encodings
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:22:38 -0500
>hey michael,
>well, i generally agree with not adding new features, and i personally can
>live with little obos hebrew support (r5 likish and a *bit* beyond.)
Cool
>there is already a fairly good hebrew extention on bebits, even a Hebrew
>OpenTracker, but still, the filenames are reversed as usual.
>Gobe and text editors cope with right-to-left text from the Hebrew plug,
>but the delimiters (,./{}[];:`') still come out on the wrong side of the
>line.
Oops. That seems like a simple bug.
>2 things are important therefor:
>
>1. (opentracker) finding a way to reverse only hebrew filenames (or hebrew
>filnames on windows partitions) (i've spoken to bga about this and he
>claims its impossible..)
This would be pretty tough. Esp since it wouldn't be *just* open tracker.
This almost seems like it would have to be a filesystem thing - that the FS
would
have to look at the encoded characters, decide that the filename should be
RTL and switch it around. Not impossible, as such, but certainly an R2 thing.
>2. (obos) writing a good input-method writer's guide (newsletter article?
>please??), and helping someone write a good input method for hebrew, so
>working with r5 interface kit but still gaining functionallity.
Jason? Got your pencil sharpened?
>Michael, when you mentioned that israeli (or jewish?) friend of yours, you
>might be able to get Hebrew from bebits, and see how it works almost right
>but actually a bit wrong.
>(i emailed the author asking for the source and didnt get a reply.)
This particular friend of mine doesn't use BeOS... ;-)
>anyhow, what i'm aiming for is gaining from everyone's experience in
>rewriting beos by, for instance, having a good written doc about writing
>Input methods, so someone like myself can dig in and try to get it done...
This is part of the intent of the newsletters. ;-)
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