Hebrew Arabic texts

[Dar Scott]

On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 10:20 PM, muaadh salih wrote:

> I have, partially,  solved the Unicode text,

I just pasted some text using the Yehudit font into a field and it 
looks good.  It is not Unicode, I don't think.

> We are now  working on Chunk and bits
> There is an urgent problem : Text Insertion.
>
> Both Languages have
>  R to L text alignment which is fine but the text insertion make the 
> line back to front
> examples:
>
> Real Arabic-Hebrew  should read :
> Word4  Word3  word 2 Word1
> But in revolution it is :
> Word1 word2 word3 word 4
> We tried every thing ( including  system text Align) but it does not 
> work
>
>
> Any way to deal with this problem ?
> Help !

You might need to create a field customized by its script.

You might need commands for putting text into the field and taking text 
out.  You might need general word and char commands.  Use those custom 
commands instead of the usual chunking.

You might need to write commands that capture keys and mouse 
operations.  It should be straightforward to do right to left typing.  
What may take more work is multiline selection.  If you drag the mouse 
from the middle of one line to the middle of the next, the usual 
selection is wrong.

Once you get this field working, use copies of it everywhere you need R 
to L.

I'm just looking at what it would take to make it work using my Yehudit 
font.  Your Unicode text may have other solutions and problems.

Dar Scott